Comments on: Temporal Distortion

By: Clare Krishan

Clare Krishan — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:34:39 +0000

Perhaps redundant (if already noted at Discover online) if you’ve encountered it elsewhere
http://htwins.net/scale2/
yet neat it kinda helps put it all in perspective – some of what we see in the night sky aren’t actual physical objects any longer (obliterated 1,000s of light years ago but since they were many more light years distant we’re outta sync) they’re just ephemeral messages we are receptive to because we believe our own eyes.

By: Marlene Ansley

Marlene Ansley — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:51:38 +0000

It’s so beautiful, I feel I’m in another state of consciousness! So beautiful, I cry. I feel sorry for people that cannot see the Milky Way and what about children that grow up in cities with so much light pollution, they can’t even see all that beauty! So glad Halverson did this and his other amazingly beautiful videos so that children AND adults that don’t get out much or to places where they can see the sky good, have a chance to see the majesty and wonder of creation! Thanks so much for sharing with mankind. You’re an artist!! I am trying to share this with everyone I can. I’m like an excited child wanting to share what I see with the world!

By: Jason Heine

Jason Heine — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:00:17 +0000

After listening to this and “Ilia’s Theme” a bunch of times, they don’t sound as similar as they did before. Anyway, very nice work!

By: Jason Heine

Jason Heine — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:21:59 +0000

For an original score, it seems very similar to “Ilia’s Theme” from Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

By: Paul Schram

Paul Schram — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:12:18 +0000

Beautiful video. And the commissioning of Bear McCreary was genius. He is one of my favourite composers

By: Michel

Michel — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:18:56 +0000

Wow, I echo Michelle. One thing I noticed that seems to be extremely rare in Northern lights. In addition to the common green and rarer red, there is some blue showing up around 1:54. This is amazing…

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:15:27 +0000

Bear McCreary + astronomy time lapse = my face just melted off from happiness.

By: Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum

Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:27:40 +0000

There’s s cool tumbling satellite at 3:36 too! The shot before that he was almost tracking the stars, nice! This is the shot Capt. D. is referring to. It’s in your head, Capt! But that’s OK, cause you have a brain in that head! Important stuff, that!

By: Fritriac

Fritriac — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:36:26 +0000

My God – it’s full of stars! Just sent it to some guys i know who never look upwards generally…

By: Captain Disillusion

Captain Disillusion — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:53:04 +0000

At the climax of the music (3:25), when the sky fills the frame, it almost seems like there’s slight parallax happening with some of the stars. Is that because of Earth moving through its orbit? Or is it all in my head?