Sunday, June 10, 2012

The Most Astounding Fact
- Sunday Sermon

Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked in an interview with TIME magazine, "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?" This is his answer.


Special thanks to:

Reid Gower saganseries.com/

Michael Marantz vimeo.com/2822787

Carl Sagan hulu.com/cosmos

Neil deGrasse Tyson facebook.com/neiltyson

NASA nasa.gov/

...for their inspiration.


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


Video (in order of appearance):

IMAX: Hubble 3D (Orion)

imax.com/hubble/

Animal Planet: Safari

movies.netflix.com/Movie/Animal_Planet_Safari_The_Last_Lion_of_Liuwa/70153174?trkid=438403

Yellowstone: Battle for Life (Waterfall)

bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jcdml

Supernova to Crab Nebula

spacetelescope.org/videos/heic0515a/

BBC: Wonders of the Solar System (formation of the solar system)

bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qyxfb

Accretion and First Eukaryotes from the 2011 film "Tree of Life" directed by Terrence Malick

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accretion_(astrophysics)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_life

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_evolutionary_history_of_life

wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/ribonucleotides/

twowaysthroughlife.com/

BBC: Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life

wellcometreeoflife.org/

"Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia" by Ayrton Orio (Model: Xharon Kendelker)

vimeo.com/9505354

BBC: Wonders of the Solar System (Brian Cox w/ telescope)

"Afghanistan - touch down in flight" by Augustin Pictures

vimeo.com/31426899

lukasugustin.de

"mongolia!" by wiissa

vimeo.com/27876709

wiissa.com


Excerpt from "Outside In", Copyright Stephen van Vuuren/SV2 Studios

outsideinthemovie.com

IMAX: Hubble 3D (Inside Orion Nebula)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Nebula

Shuttle Launch from 1985 IMAX film "The Dream is Alive"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dream_Is_Alive

"Earth -- Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over -- NASA, ISS" by Michael Konig

youtube.com/watch?v=ls9yJTphLxg

koenigm.com

Excerpt from "The Island" - La Palma Time Lapse Video by Christoph Malin

vimeo.com/27539860

christophmalin.com

Galaxy Map and Galaxy Formation by NCSA's Advanced Visualization Lab

avl.ncsa.illinois.edu/

"Mars sunset" captured by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit (from BBC: Wonders of the Solar System)

nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_347.html

Edited by Max Schlickenmeyer

Neil goes on to say "For me, that is the most profound revelation of 20th century astrophysics and I look forward to what the 21st century will bring us, given the frontiers that are now unfolding."

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