Thursday, April 21, 2016

New Viral Video: Cosmic Eye

Powers of 10...

A masterpiece by the Hubble Space Telescope.

A Perth astrophysicist says he is surprised but delighted to find a video he made four years ago has suddenly gone viral online, clocking up 36 millions views in a week, abc.net reports.

Cosmic Eye is a three-minute video that zooms out from a woman's face to eventually reveal a view of the universe one billion light years from Earth.

It's terrific:  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-20/cosmic-eye-video-by-perth-star-researcher-goes-viral/7339620

Cosmic Eye is based on Powers of Ten, made in 1977 by Charles and Raye Eames for IBM. It's still wonderful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0

Photo: Pinterest, NASA.

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