Albedo 0.39

[carlosszr]

Excelente obra de Vangelis. junto con JMJ de lo mejor de la musica contemporanea.

[solnegrolunaroja]

No sé por qué, pero cuando veo fotos del espacio recuerdo un documental donde un bosquimano que nunca había conocido el mar lo vió por primera vez, sólo podía contemplarlo y llorar. Es maravilloso y espantosamente grande a la vez. Incluso al oír los números, fríos por naturaleza, se me hace un nudo en la garganta. Es como si el primer hombre abriera los ojos y supiera que estaba vivo. Gracias por compartirlo

[KLINGUBA]

Por lejos, el tema más fascinante, misterioso y extraño de Vangelis.

[deusislove]

No me canso de oir esta pieza maestra de vangelis...me da tanta tranquilidad y me pone a reflexionar.....

[ergotrip]

...Equatorial diameter: 7927 miles

Polar diameter: 7900 miles

Oblateness: one 298th

Density: 5.41

Mean surface gravitational acceleration of the rotating earth: 32.174 feet per second per second

Escape velocity: 7 miles per second

Albedo: 0.39

[ergotrip]

...Length of the tropical year: equinox equinox 365.24 days

Lenght of the sidereal year: fixed star fixed star 365.26 days

Length of the mean solar day: 24 hours and 3 minutes and 56.5555 seconds at mean solar time

Length of the mean sidereal day: 23 hours and 56 minutes and 4.091 seconds at mean sederial time

Mass: 6600 milion milion milion tons

[ergotrip]

My home :

Maximum distance from the sun: 94 million 537 thousand miles

Minimum distance from the sun: 91 million 377 thousand miles

Mean distance from the sun: 92 million 957 thousand and 200 miles

Mean Orbital velocity: 66000 miles per hour

0rbital eccentricity: 0.017

Obliquity of the ecliptic: 23 degrees 27 minutes 8.26 seconds

[jmackoregon]

translation from ishtarum reads: The Albedo is not only the ability of a body or substance to reflect light, in this case, the 0.39 is the percentage of refraction of solar light from the planet earth, it is also the second phase of the Renaissance alchemist from the obscurity of meaning, the second night of the mystics, where it receives the Donum Dei, the grace, the fire of inspiration, whiteness, brightness of otherness, which paves the way Superman.

[ishtarum]

Estoy encantada con estas maravilosas imagenes, extraordinario video, todo un bálsamo para el alma, una gran composición, clásica de Vangelis, que da fuerza para continuar la búsqueda de otras realidades y otros mundos.

[jmackoregon]

gracias, es una gran canción con unas fotos impresionantes

[ishtarum]

El Albedo no sólo es la capacidad que tiene un cuerpo o una sustancia de reflejar la luz, en este caso, el 0.39 es el porcentaje de refracción de la luminosidad solar por parte del planeta tierra; también se trata de la segunda fase alquímica del renacimiento a partir de la oscuridad del sentido, la segunda noche de los místicos, en donde se recibe el Donum Dei, la gracia, el fuego de la inspiración, la blancura, el resplandor de la alteridad, que prepara el camino del superhombre.

[sargolan]

is that background voice of John Michael Talbot?

[alesandropolis]

albedo. beautiful 800 stars for you !!

[33Roobert]

Beautiful...10stars

[CatFiain]

I think "Albedo" is a lovely-sounding word.

[schymcgee]

Trivia Question for everyone, :P No searching the net for this one!!! Know what Albedo means?

[GekkoKamen]

@schymcgee the capacity expressed in a certain percentage of a non luminous object or body of reflecting on its surface the light from a source, i.e. the sun.

[CatFiain]

You may pass GO. You may collect $200 dolars. And a gold star, while you'e at it! :-D

[GekkoKamen]

Thank you! A $200 treat is always a good thing to get. And the gold star is splandid too :D

[CatFiain]

Tá míle fáilte romhat, Gekko! (You're very welcome!) :¬)

[1978RSH]

@schymcgee

Without searching the internet...

Albedo is the reflection coefficient for diffuse surfaces. it's value lies betwween 0 and 1.

0 means that the entire light is reflected on the surface and 1 means no light is reflected.

Earth has an Albedo-Value of about 0.39, the albedo on the moon is about 0.12 (and that is why the astronaut could stay in the shadow of the moon landing modul and seems to be lighted by a floodlight)

[CatFiain]

Gold star for you, to! :-D

[scaven9er]

@1978RSH - Ooops, don't tell too many people, but you got that back to front. 1 is perfect reflectivity and 0 is complete darkness. I hope you haven't become too attached to your gold star :)

[1978RSH]

@scaven9er: I've realized my fault after pressing the Post-button, but i've hoped no one would realise it ;)

[xarmil]

Not what you're looking for, but it's also the name the alchemists gave to the White phase of the Great Work ;-). On the way to the final stage, Rubedo.

[revokdaryl1]

I just bought this album in mint condition on vinyl today.

[Variax40]

jfv65, you are right!

[Roobert33]

5*****

[99waterlife]

I love it !

[MrChristian326]

I bought the record album when it first came out, (still have it). I got hooked on it and bought anything composed by this Mystro of Electronic Music, Vangelis.

[RenatoNSouza]

It does put things into perspective. And what an inspired idea!

[jfv65]

in 100-200-300 years time from now THIS music will be known as classical music. Like Mozart and Bach are to us now.

Vangelis and JM Jarre = classic composers.

[fukademous]

I love this track... what a sense of perspective:)

[retrosound72]

classic electronic music

fantastic!!!

[KingBeowulf]

I have had this album since...well since it was an actual ALBUM! Good work! Thanks for sharing and re-exposing to public to some great almost forgotten work.

[jon3m2007]

Puts things into perspective a bit doesnt it!?

[alesandropolis]

Pame Na Taxidebume Sto Diastima Me Ena Terastio Diastimoplio Pu Legete Gy

[oeleboeb]

fantastic work

[jmackoregon]

thanx ringo.....funny

[Ringoreien]

I just had to watch this again, full screen. ^_^

And yeah, I stop and look up often. Sometimes I wake in the middle of the night and look up. Hehe.