The Known Universe by AMNH #datavisualization
American Museum of Natural History3 HN recommenders · 2010–2020
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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.
HN people share it as an eye-opening, moving visualization of the scale of the universe.
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4 comments from Hacker News
Check out this video from the American Museum of Natural History: [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
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: [VIDEO]
I am guessing you have liked this too - [VIDEO] Being a video it is not interactive, but definitely does strike something in me. It's almost the Total Perspective Vortex.
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 [VIDEO]