APOD: 2012 November 14 - Our Story in One Minute (original) (raw)

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2012 November 14

Our Story in One Minute
Video Credit & Copyright: MelodySheep, Symphony of Science, John Boswell; Music Credit: Our Story

Explanation: Could you tell the story of human existence in a minute?This thrilling videoculls together multiple teasing snippets in an attempt to do just that. And sets it to music. Briefly depicted, from start to finish, is an artistic animation of the Big Bang, a trip across the early universe, the formation of the Earth and Moon, the emergence of multi-celled life and plants, the rise of reptiles anddinosaurs, a devastating meteor strike, the rise of mammals and humans, and finally the rise of modern civilization. The minute movie ends with a flyover of the modern skyscraper and a human standing atop a snow covered mountain. The above videois the latest from the Symphony of Science project.

Gallery: Yesterday's Total Solar Eclipse
Challenge: Can you identify the skyscraper at 1:18 and the snow-covered mountain at 1:25?
Tomorrow's picture: open space

Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff(MTU) &Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)
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