The Story of Human Existance told in 1 Minute 37 Seconds!

This is a very short but cool video. Best watched with the sound on for the musical background. It's from the NASA Astonomy Picture of the Day.

Could you tell the story of human existence in a minute? This thrilling video culls 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 and dinosaurs, 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 video is the latest from the Symphony of Science project.

The World Upside Down ... or is it?

We all grew up knowing that when we think of the world, that north is up. Is it really?

In space there is no up or down so when we think of our own earth, north could be up, or north could be down.

Here is a view of a map of the earth showing what the world would look like if south were up. I found it quite interesting.

The NASA Station???

Every once in awhile I will flip over to watch an interesting program on the NASA channel as I am interested in the world's space program. It is cool to see what is going on way out there!

I usually find the sound pretty bad but tonight when I tuned in to see the weekly update on the International Space Station, I came up with this.

Only one corner of the TV had a picture. You can see the the flash from my camera on the left. Later the program adjusted and for awhile the sound was on and off. 15 minutes in, all was fine!

For a program put on by what should be the most advanced technological facility in the world, they should be able to do better. Hey! They broadcast pictures back from the moon after all!

Once they had everything set, the images were fantastic!

A final note is that I am a firm believer in space exploration and hate the cutbacks. Perhaps if they did better in PR and on this channel they may have some more support.