altrego99Nov 2012Recommends
I am guessing you have liked this too - ▶ this video Being a video it is not interactive, but definitely does strike something in me. It's almost the Total Perspective Vortex.
in “100,000 stars” · View on HN
The Known Universe by AMNH #datavisualization
The Known Universe by AMNH #datavisualization on HackerTube: recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 separate months, 2010–2020.
American Museum of Natural History
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The American Museum of Natural History's film flies from the Himalayas out through the atmosphere and solar system to the afterglow of the Big Bang, using its Digital Universe Atlas four-dimensional map.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN people share it as an eye-opening, moving visualization of the scale of the universe.
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- 2010–2020
“So eye opening”
What HN commenters said
4 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
moblivuApr 2011Recommends
Seriously, it amazed me everything. You see everything life, from he mesh that holds the very matter to the limits of the universe; and you can control the hole this, with a Flash slider. Reminds me of the "Known Universe video from AMNH" So eye opening: ▶ this video
in “The scale of the universe, and everything” · View on HN
herrherrAug 2010Recommends
Check out this video from the American Museum of Natural History: ▶ this video - It makes me think that we cannot be the only society in the universe - But it also makes be think that it is unlikely that we will find them in the near future or vice versa
in “Ask HN: Do you believe we'll ever encounter aliens?” · View on HN
fbhabbedMar 2020Cites it
Interesting to see how far we have become in knowledge of outer space and rendering capabilities as can be seen in more recent videos such as ▶ this video
in “Powers of Ten (1977, Video)” · View on HN
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Data visualization & information designCosmology & astrophysicsastronomydata visualizationscale of the universeamnhspace