electrons wounds speeding around a giant
planet made of gas
planets orbiting a distant star
satellites this light is an idea an idea
that promises new understanding
simply by delivering fresh perspectives
and you perceptions
do we know what do we really know what
do we know to be true
we perceive light we see it what we see
what it means the same
without context
detail means
there are so many factors at play here
what wavelengths of light can we see how
well can our brains take what we see and
turn it into something we understand and
also how do we compare ourselves to the
thing we're observing
what tools do we use to help us capture
information how to return light into
data data into pixels pixels into
meaning
start with a planet
hero
for example
and as long as we're at it let's tip the
earth to spend properly on its axis now
recall our original points of light our
idea
these are satellites in orbit satellites
collect data as the earth with its
beneath think of satellites as
paintbrushes working in Reverse instead
of painting planets with life satellites
collect light reflected from planets
below enough state paint
data that make this image come from
instruments on to NASA satellites called
aqua and Terra these instruments see the
earth and what we might regard as
natural color they can also see certain
events as they happen
they're splattered like white paint on a
blue canvas something important
Hurricane Katrina these satellites are
only two of many that can see hurricanes
to look inside we need something
specially built for the job
here we go
the stripes you see building come from a
unique spacecraft called trip
among the many remarkable things trim
can do it had look inside hurricanes
like nothing else
see for yourself trim sees the actual
body of the beast in three dimensions
orange and red zones indicate higher
rainfall rates clouds spires called hot
towers drive the storms greedy grab for
energy
removing the clouds a separate
instrument on the Aqua satellite
measures ocean temperature temperatures
matter warm water is the gasoline that
powers hurricanes engines this thermal
footprint shows fuel in the tank vital
information for forecasters and
scientists the earth changes it breathes
and it surprises
that we live on a planet largely covered
by water we often forget that huge
tracts are frozen solid
let's change the perspective
ice covers much of the world the
eternally frozen parts are called the
cryosphere it's the planets thermostat
and a hydrological warehouse and in
terms of a changing climate
it's the canary in a coal mine you may
live your whole life and never visit
these places but these places will
affect your life nonetheless you know
this place
we haven't been here in a while but
that's about to change
boom
Earth's closest neighbor
is little more than a beautiful stranger
across an airless room
there are mysteries here
and answers and
like love perhaps destiny
these are the six lunar neighborhoods
astronauts visited decades ago
pack your bags we're going back
back on earth day and night change like
moves with points of light clicking the
darkness like vaguely remember dreams
city lights shine into space at night
like ancient campfires like candles of
civilization
no other place beyond the earth show
signs of life like this or show signs of
life but we're looking before we can
find life elsewhere we need to be good
at meeting its signs at home first and
on earth life is everyone this is the
living Earth the bias fear phytoplankton
bloom in vast oceanic fields land plants
pulse rhythmically with seasonal growth
together these sound the global
heartbeat the pulse of life
powered by the Sun
all energy on birth comes from the Sun
the car you wrote the unabashed tomatoes
and Hume baseman comes from your garden
which side the two bars out of 5 on your
cell phone
they're all quantities of energy and
that means they're all connected to the
Sun
if you live on this is the nightlight
that matters much
the moon the earth the Sun
celestial spheres we see and feel every
day
but in our solar neighborhood there are
other places too fabulous prizes
mysterious places
as a tourist destination Mars has an
impressive brochure the longest deepest
canyon in the solar system a greater so
vast that its edge stretches over the
horizon volcano so high its peak climbs
above most of the Martian atmosphere
nothing like these places exists on
earth
nothing
this is Mars seen differently you're
looking at an elevation made with an
orbiting laser red and white areas reach
high above the average blues and purples
xolo lens if Mars were covered in oceans
the northern hemisphere would be
underwater imagine the first human
footprints left on the show
what is the world we created our minds
we create
what we want to see
at first it was enough just to walk to
run to get wet in the rain to simply
touch the forces of nature
but once in motion
imagination then space perspective
we see what we set out to find we see
what we choose to c there are often
surprises
this is from a NASA mission called w map
if the whole universe were a person this
would be its first baby picture
there are no stars here no galaxies
certainly no planets but there is energy
the rest came soon enough
once the new kid could collect yourself
this is the universe we see today it's a
lively place that's a gamma-ray burst
spotted by nasa's swift satellite these
cosmic blasts have long possible so they
may be stars collapsing in upon
themselves or too densely packed
remnants of stars merging together but
in either case
scientists believe they Herald the
births of black holes they're the most
powerful explosions in the universe
after the Big Bang and they seem to
happen all the time as often as once a
day
satellites like w mac and Swift are
rapidly coloring our perceptions about
our place in the universe
what we know is a function of what we
think to ask what we challenge ourselves
to see we look outwards as much as we
look inwards or if there is any
certainty in the journey of knowledge
it's that travel in any direction and
lead to the same destination we see only
what we look for
and in space and on earth to ask the
right questions
I hit her but the only person around it
doesn't have TV coverage to the face and
it man they got the black up now you're
gonna be the TV picture never fail us we
are gay
baby pictures chillin out quantity all