Alasdair Wilkins — Set aside fifteen minutes for this incredible collection of all the visual effects from the recent documentary Wonders of the Universe. It's got everything from close-ups of Earth and the Sun to exploding stars, black holes, and vast galactic vistas.
These effects were created by BDH for the four-part documentary series Wonders of the Universe, which aired earlier this year on the BBC. BDH has now collected and released their entire collection of simulations and artist's conceptions of the universe's various phenomena, complete with backing music from Timo Baker. They haven't released a description of what exactly all the various things in the video are, but NASA's Astronomy Photo of the Day site is making a start:
Some stills in the video are easily identified, such as the Hubble image of the Carina Nebula that occurs at about 2:22, the Crab Nebula at about 7:45, and the Cat's Eye Nebula that occurs at about 8:16. A pan away from a spiral galaxy occurs at about 4:00, and breathtaking vistas of the spiral occur until past 5:00. Pulsars and supernovas seem to take over at about 9:00 and are truly spectacular. Binary star systems containing a pulsar and an accretion disk occur beginning at about 14:30. Past that, the entire computer animated video seems to sparkle with unknown stars, unknown planets, and sequences where unknown gas is flowing toward unknown places. What, for example, is being depicted at 13:00?
The site is asking people to help identify all the various images, which will all go into an updated, annotated version of this original video. Anyone interested can help them out with that here.
Via NASA.
Set aside fifteen minutes for this incredible collection of all the visual effects from the recent documentary Wonders of the Universe. It's got everything from close-ups of Earth and the Sun to exploding stars, black holes, and vast galactic vistas. This is one excellent video!
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