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posted by martyb on Monday November 19 2018, @10:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-feel-very-small dept.

A truly wonderful (30 minutes) visual experience:

On Friday, November 16, a unique film and musical experience, inspired by the Hubble Space Telescope's iconic Deep Field image, premieres at the Kennedy Space Center. The film, titled Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe, features a variety of Hubble's stunning imagery and includes 11 computer-generated visualizations of far-flung galaxies, nebulas, and star clusters developed by the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), in Baltimore, Maryland. Those visualizations not only depict the awesome beauty of the universe, but also express the three-dimensional nature of celestial objects.

Deep Field is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between Grammy award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre, producers Music Productions, multi award-winning artists 59 Productions, and STScI.

The film paints the incredible story of the Hubble Deep Field, an extraordinary portrait of the universe revealed by Hubble when it was pointed at a tiny and completely dark patch of sky for a total exposure time of about six days. What it revealed was an image that contained over 3,000 galaxies scattered across space and time.

New film celebrates Hubble Space Telescope

[Video]: Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe

[YouTube]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDiD8F9ItX0


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 20 2018, @01:23AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 20 2018, @01:23AM (#764106)

    What's the catch? Is it near MLK Blvd?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 20 2018, @03:59AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 20 2018, @03:59AM (#764139)

    The building doesnt exist?

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday November 20 2018, @06:07AM (2 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 20 2018, @06:07AM (#764159) Journal

      It's built on a Kiowa burial ground, and it's haunted. Nice place to live if you don't mind the old war chiefs, their squaws, and all the kids sitting around watching your television all night long. Oh - you'll never keep a beer in the fridge if you live there. Plan on dining out a lot.

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday November 20 2018, @09:10AM (1 child)

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 20 2018, @09:10AM (#764186) Journal

        you'll never keep a beer in the fridge if you live there.

        Why?

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        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
        • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday November 20 2018, @06:23PM

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 20 2018, @06:23PM (#764322) Journal

          The guests will drink it, of course. There aren't a lot of native Americans who can resist alcohol. No, I'm not speaking prejudicially, I'm speaking from experience. My stepsons are more native than anything else - they could join the tribe if they liked. My own sons are only about 1/3 native. The difference in their ideas on alcohol and drugs is pretty extreme. You may shrug that off as anecdotal nonsense, but I see the same thing all around me. I love some of those guys to death, but so very many of them can never say "no" to a drink. When they pass out, they've had enough. Alcoholism runs strong in most of their family lines.