Hidden Universe Page #3

Synopsis: An extraordinary journey deep into space offering fresh insight into the origins and evolution of the universe.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Russell Scott
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Year:
2013
50 Views


I'm trying to help decipher

these distant records

so that we may one day

better understand

the story of our universe.

Since these

objects are so far away,

a new challenge faces

optical astronomers.

Like the heat distortion

you see on a road,

the atmosphere distorts and blurs

light coming in from the universe.

It's what makes the stars

appear to twinkle at night.

To counter this problem,

the VLT has a trick

up its sleeve.

It fires a laser beam 60 miles

up in to the night sky

to create a fixed point.

Almost like a fake star

for the telescope to focus on.

On the ground,

the VLT compensates

by warping the telescope's mirror

hundreds of times per second,

allowing us to capture

the sharpest of images.

If you want

to see what I'm looking for,

don't look at the main

part of these pictures.

Look further, deeper,

into the details of the image.

My work takes me beyond all

these close celestial objects

and out into the vast

universe that lies beyond.

Highlighted here

are distant galaxies.

They're similar in size and

structure to the closer ones,

but they are so far away

that even with the VLT,

you can barely make them out.

These are the galaxies

that I study.

Out here are the frontiers

of our knowledge.

This image is as far back

in time as we can see

with an optical telescope.

It is the edge of

the visible universe.

I chose

to become an astronomer

when I learned that

our sun is a star.

You know, we have looked over

13 billion years into the cosmos,

and everywhere we look,

we find stars like our sun

and galaxies

like our Milky Way.

When you see all

of these galaxies,

you can't help but feel a profound

connection to the universe.

Here in our cities,

the digital world is producing

a new breed of astronomer,

using telescopes and supercomputers

to create detailed simulations.

They see the world

differently.

Dr. Greg Poole is one

of those astronomers.

He is a universe-builder.

But the glow of bright

city lights of technology

drowns out our universe.

When we look for the heavens,

we can't see them anymore.

That's why when Greg gathers his

data for his cosmic simulations,

he too has had

to pack his bags

and head for the

Atacama Desert.

Greg has come to use the most

powerful telescope ever built,

but his passion

for photography

won't let him pass

up an opportunity

to capture the

Atacama's night sky.

I love this place.

It has a peacefulness

that clears your mind.

The ancient

Incas who lived here

organized their lives

by the night sky.

The movement and position of

the stars told them when to

plant and harvest their crops.

They must have felt a kind

of kinship with the stars.

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Russell Scott

Russell Scott (June 30, 1921 – August 27, 2012), also known as Blinky the Clown, was an American clown and television personality and presenter who starred in a Denver, Colorado television program called Blinky's Fun Club. Having spent 41 years on television in character, Scott holds the record as longest-running television clown in history, as well as the longest running children's television host in the United States. more…

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