Friday video: A bit of perspective
March 12th, 2010 by Mary
I don’t know how I first ran across the original version of this time-lapse video taken on Mauna Kea in Hawaii (home of many telescopes). At any rate, I found it an unexpectedly poignant look at humankind’s place in the cosmos. The majestic night sky wheels overhead impervious to all the little human movements going on below, and the magnificent telescopes face skyward in silent pursuit of photons. Here’s a slightly newer expanded version:
The White Mountain (extended) from charles on Vimeo.
