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Pah! .... a mere marble!

Prepare to be astonished.

This is the extent of human knowledge of our surroundings – shrunk into a six and a half minute digestible package.

I guess the Gods are perfectly well aware of our collective attention deficit disorder!

“The Known Universe” takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang.

Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world’s most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas, that is maintained and updated by astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History.

And yes, I’m afraid Simon Cowell is on television everywhere!

This film, created by the Museum, was part of an exhibition, “Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe“, which was presented at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan in 2010. It’s a remarkable voyage.

I’d make sure you have a Big Gulp with you!

~ by neil53 on February 19, 2012 . Tagged: 4D, american museum of natural history, rubin museum of art, simon cowell, the known universe, visions of the cosmos