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Watch on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/38101676Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” This is his answer.
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Special thanks to:
Reid Gower http://saganseries.com/
Michael Marantz http://vimeo.com/2822787
Carl Sagan http://www.hulu.com/cosmos
Neil deGrasse Tyson http://www.facebook.com/neiltyson
NASA http://www.nasa.gov/
…for their inspiration.CREDITS
Narration: TIME Magazine’s “10 Questions for Neil Degrasse Tyson”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiOwqDmacJo
Music: “To Build a Home” by the Cinematic Orchestra feat. Patrick Watson
http://www.cinematicorchestra.com/Video (in order of appearance):
IMAX: Hubble 3D (Orion)
http://www.imax.com/hubble/
Yellowstone: Battle for Life (Tree & Waterfall)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jcdml
Supernova to Crab Nebula
http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic0515a/
BBC: Wonders of the Solar System (formation of the solar system)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qyxfb
Accretion and First Eukaryotes from the 2011 film “Tree of Life” directed by Terrence Malick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accretion_(astrophysics)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_life
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_evolutionary_history_of_life
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/ribonucleotides/
http://www.twowaysthroughlife.com/
BBC: Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
http://www.wellcometreeoflife.org/
“Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia” by Ayrton Orio (Model: Xharon Kendelker)
http://vimeo.com/9505354
“Afghanistan – touch down in flight” by Augustin Pictures
http://vimeo.com/31426899
http://lukasugustin.de
“mongolia!” by wiissa
http://vimeo.com/27876709
http://wiissa.comExcerpt from “Outside In”, Copyright Stephen van Vuuren/SV2 Studios (Saturn’s moon Mimas)
http://www.outsideinthemovie.com
IMAX: Hubble 3D (Inside Orion Nebula)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Nebula
Shuttle Launch from 1985 IMAX film “The Dream is Alive”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dream_Is_Alive
“Earth — Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over — NASA, ISS” by Michael Konig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls9yJTphLxg
http://koenigm.com
Excerpt from “The Island” – La Palma Time Lapse Video by Christoph Malin
http://vimeo.com/27539860
http://christophmalin.com
Galaxy Map and Galaxy Formation by NCSA’s Advanced Visualization Lab
http://avl.ncsa.illinois.edu/
“Mars sunset” captured by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_347.htmlEdited by Max Schlickenmeyer
Neil goes on to say “For me, that is the most profound revelation of 20th century astrophysics and I look forward to what the 21st century will bring us, given the frontiers that are now unfolding.”
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