Take a 6 minute tour of the known universe in this video from the American Museum of Natural History. Start on Mt. Everest, and get pulled through the Earth’s atmosphere to glimpse the inky black of space. Then zoom through the solar system and the Milky Way to mysterious quasars and supernovae, all the way back to the to the afterglow of the Big Bang. The Known Universe is based on precise, scientifically-accurate observations and research.
“I liken the Digital Universe to the invention of the globe,” says Curator Ben R. Oppenheimer, an astrophysicist at the Museum. “When Mercator invented the globe, everyone wanted one. He had back orders for years. It gave everyone a new perspective on where they live in relation to others, and we hope that the Digital Universe does the same on a grander, cosmic scale.” via http://www.universetoday.com/2009/12/18/the-known-universe-video/
For more information see this webpage from the American Museum of Natural History.
The website Nine Planets, http://www.nineplanets.org/ is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of the planets, moons and other objects in our solar system. Each page has text and NASA‘s images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.
The power of this visualization is just so humbling and incredible! Enjoy. Whatever lies beyond your horizons in the future, may they be as spectacular as this. Enjoy.
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The earth before and the earth now is very different. The Earth before looks healthy with blue and green but now the earth is full of color of with white and yellow, because of the light, and dry land!