Neil deGrasse Tyson was asked what was the most astounding fact about the universe..... I think he nailed it with this answer.
Neil continues:
"When I reflect on that fact, I look up – many people feel small because they’re small and the Universe is big – but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars. There’s a level of connectivity. That’s really what you want in life, you want to feel connected, you want to feel relevant you want to feel like a participant in the goings on of activities and events around you That’s precisely what we are, just by being alive…"
THANKS:
- Neil deGrasse Tyson for his inspiring words
- Brian Cox for reigniting my love of science
- And my amazing wife Beck for putting up with me whilst i worked on this project
CREDITS
Narration: TIME Magazine's "10 Questions for Neil Degrasse Tyson"
youtube.com/watch?v=wiOwqDmacJo
Music: "To Build a Home" by the Cinematic Orchestra feat. Patrick Watson
cinematicorchestra.com
Earth Texture Map - NOAA/USGS/MODIS/stockli/Tor Øra
Earth Texture Clouds - Tor Øra
Mars Texture Map - Caltech/JPL/USGS/NASA/Tor Øra
Moon Texture Map - USGS/Hubble ESA Info Centre/Tor Øra
Venus Texture Map - NASA/JPL
Jupiter Texture Map - textures.forrest.cz
Human Eye - Petr Novák, Wikipedia
Milky Way - Luis Argerich
The Carina Nebula - NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)
The Eskimo Nebula - NASA, Andrew Fruchter and the ERO Team [Sylvia Baggett (STScI), Richard Hook
(ST- ECF), Zoltan Levay (STScI)]
Asteroid Field - James Allen
Created in After Effects by David Pickering
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