Hawaiian Starlight - DVD Exploring the Universe from Mauna Kea
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Hawaiin Starlight - DVD Exploring the Universe from Mauna Kea
"ASTOUNDING!" - Maui Film Festival" Cuillandre's time-lapse images move. Clouds boil, stars arc through the sky. The observatories open, close and spin like so many R2D2s... --by John Heckathorn (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Description
The summit of Mauna Kea (14,000 feet) offers the best viewing of the Cosmos in the northern hemisphere, and this film delivers a pure esthetic experience from the mountain into the Universe. Seven years in the making, this cinematic symphony reveals the spectacular beauty of the mountain and its connection to the Cosmos through the magical influence of time-lapse cinematography scored exclusively (no narration) with the awe-inspiring, critically acclaimed, Halo music by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori. Daytime and nighttime landscapes and skyscapes alternate with stunning true color images of the Universe captured by an observatory on Mauna Kea, all free of any computer generated imagery.
Special features:
"ASTOUNDING!" - Maui Film Festival" Cuillandre's time-lapse images move. Clouds boil, stars arc through the sky. The observatories open, close and spin like so many R2D2s... --by John Heckathorn (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Description
The summit of Mauna Kea (14,000 feet) offers the best viewing of the Cosmos in the northern hemisphere, and this film delivers a pure esthetic experience from the mountain into the Universe. Seven years in the making, this cinematic symphony reveals the spectacular beauty of the mountain and its connection to the Cosmos through the magical influence of time-lapse cinematography scored exclusively (no narration) with the awe-inspiring, critically acclaimed, Halo music by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori. Daytime and nighttime landscapes and skyscapes alternate with stunning true color images of the Universe captured by an observatory on Mauna Kea, all free of any computer generated imagery.
Special features:
- The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and the Mauna Kea : facts and history
- Slideshows : "Hawaii's natural beauty" & "Mauna Kea & the observatories" by the film's author
- Production notes : Jean-Charles Cuillandre, Martin O'Donnell, Film, True colors of the Universe
- Languages : English or French texts
- Aspect ratio : both 16:9 and 4:3 supported
- 43 Minutes
- The Physics behind the scenes" & "The Astrophysics behind the scenes" : an interactive back at various phenomena portrayed in the film + information on distance, location, age, etc.
Cool educational features:
Price: $29.95
Price: $29.95
Price: $29.95
