Brian Cox sees the Aurora - Wonders of the Solar System - Series 1 Episode 1 Preview - BBC Two

[elcamman50]

Dr. Cox has said before that his inspiration for going into physics was from Dr. Carl Sagan. He still has his old copy of Cosmos that he received as a young man and set him on the course he is at today....

[spritey16]

Im gettin emo just seein that on this programme! Id prod die of awe if i saw it in reality lol, i well need too see that

[DonMega187]

brian cox, the guy who pronounces "nothing" as "nothink" as well as any "ing" endings as "ink" :P

[highentropy2468]

i think he's our new carl sagen to be honest. He is so inspiring and doesnt over complicate what is a hugely complexional fascination, that is the universe.

[jookle1]

when someone genuinely loves doing what they do its make the documentary so much better

[bates507]

seen it before on a flight to Seattle, absolutely stunning. very lucky to see it!

[Darkkish]

@bates507 where from?

[bates507]

@Darkkish plane window, so we was actually flying through it. Was so strange but beautiful.

The flight we had was from England to Amsterdam then form Amsterdam to Seattle taking us over Greenland.

[manopriyaa]

Amazing...wish I am able to see it once in my life time... then it will be worth living(for me).

[david25luvit]

I love this guy...Dr Brian Cox. He explains things very well. He inspires me.....and a lot of other people.

[JeffersonBerenguer09]

wow..one of the best things in life.. i want to live within the auroras

[usmar04]

Brian Cox makes science sexy, and this series is just fantastic. To see ice fountains on other planets and the aurora borealis on our own - how lucky are we to be able to see any of it through his eyes and knowledge. Wonderful stuff!

[yermom014]

Buddhist or Hindu, Christian or Atheist. We all have to admit our universe is fucking amazing.

[julianalbruno]

i want to be a earth scienctist when i grow up :) so i can learn more about EVERYTHHINNGGG including this :) mwahahhaha cant wait :)

[carsonlane7]

i saw tht when i was camping it was rlly cool

[KevinLionMusic]

I hloud give anything to see this =(

[raydredX]

@KevinLionMusic I that's really true then you can. Find when and where that'll happen. Work your ass off for money. Be patient and wait. At the right time use your savings and you'll be on your way. ;) I know it isn't that easy but you can do it if you try hard.

[badbodydouble]

I love the music in this :) well I mean I love Brian Cox too :P

[morethanmarvin1]

does anyone know the name of the song playing while they talk about jupiters magnetic field?(its in this episode) its in a movie or something and its bothering me that i cant figure it out.

[heartlessvietboy]

It's amazing how galaxies face different directions from one another. They are also multi-colored.

[Helios601]

Do yourself a favour folks and look up Steven Greer or Stephen Bassett, this stuff gets a little tiring after you hear from Astronauts that this planet is currently being engaged by ETI and has been for a very long time, but for some reason we choose to be as ignorant as a human. I suggest the likes of Brian Cox also do their research and come to a sensbile conclusion.

[paradiselostinme]

I wish I had a job which i enjoyed as much as he does his. :) Unfortunately, I had no great options open to me when I was in MY school... but you never know... never too late to find your passion.

[supersonic71097]

Double Rainbow Guy would die on the spot if he saw these.

[chris7527]

what is the track at the begining 0:13 0:41?

[whotubeitube]

Science in poetry, professor B. Cox has this amazing ability to make the most complex things fathomable. I wish he was my science teacher, would have done soooo much better at school!

[SkullDuggerForLife]

i love the british lectures their amazing and make the lecture interesting!!!

[eshha0907]

i so want to be in his place and roam around the world for search of wonders of the solar system!

[Angel8795]

As childish as it seems seeing the northern lights from that satelite made earth look like the death star. beautiful scenes and Brian Cox is amazing

[WretchedSerpent]

Very lucky :)

[hev0r]

I saw the Northern Lights in Iceland when I was there a few months ago. It makes you realise how insignificant we are in comparison to such incredible beauty

[solflash]

i see this every day. Its a shame that I find it so normal.

Come to northern Norway and see this wonder :)

[GNeuman]

Fantastic!

[snowhey01]

the sky is beautiful at 0:5!!

[pcm2496]

is this on DVD or Blu-Ray yet?

[WorthWatchingVv]

I wish I could see the stars like that :(

damn humans

[Niallll21]

it just...fooks with ma mind

[tedmcd88]

The Heavens declare the Glory of God, the skies proclaim the works of His hands.

Psalm 19

[ndgreenaway]

@tedmcd88 nature takes the credit for this no man made invention can come close

[duxberry1958]

the night sky is the best free show on earth ....

[kiss9hug]

Screw new iphone products, i'm asking for a trip to go see the aurora.

[crosstim94]

@kiss9hug

Come to Norway then!

Only not to Oslo, travel North in Norway: )

[mrstevek118]

I got to see them when I was camping, in Alberta one year, it was so quiet that we could hear them, humming to it was amazing and beautiful

[JayLaMarr7]

to me, Brian Cox is the cheesiest dude on the planet.

[kaitlin123martin12]

I saw the northern lights when i was little but when i saw it, there were lots more colours. It was the most amazing thing i ever saw, and i havn't seen it since :(

but atleast i got a chance to experiance it =D

[NLGiirl]

Wow, Nature , your beautiful!

[random6453]

Aurora is very amazing.

[kristofer091994]

I'am from Norway and i saw the northern lights today!

[kristofer091994]

@kristofer091994 I mean "I'm"

[fishtacos9]

@kristofer091994 lucky duck

[krackfoxtube]

Am I being pedantic when I say you cant see it like this in reality? its only when speeded up that it looks like this.

I worry that kids watching programs about the night sky nowadays are going to be bitterly disappointed when they actually have a look up from their back yards. lv seen programs where they are looking up from from what are supposed to be gardens in England and seeing skies you could only see from the top of a mountain.

Mr Cox is great tho :)

[jetaimemina]

Any idea who made the music for this?

[SunshineIsDaShit]

i've seen the lights only one time in my life, a few years ago, and i live in the south of sweden, so i can only imagine how bright and beautiful it must have been up there then.

[mdlane3]

Add seeing the lights to my bucket list

[html159]

at 2:45 he teleport himself hahaha

[Ghood000]

he he... cox.... he he.... duty lol

[dbrandao07]

They doing a great job with our Tv Licence money. good good :D

[Strawberrycream69]

Nasa have a tool on their site that monitors this energy...when readings are high aurora's are iminent . space weather ;) check it out ;)

[deathDkid23]

Its incredible

[harro45]

that's in tromsoe Norway and it's not unusual to see this;) you can see it almost everyday if the sky is clear apart from in the summer of course:P

[avedic]

imagine what our ancestors thought of such things as this, eclipses, and other such events. no wonder religion came to be. combined with early human's penchant for ethneogens that altered the mind.

[GlenHProductions]

love the music, it makes me feel as if im in a dream <3

[jorgepeterbarton]

is that theme music taken from the film sunshine by danny boyle? it seems really familiar.

[KonVay1]

The lights never seem to look real.. roll on next march ^^

[UrSunshine4eva]

This looks absolutely AMAZING............. I wud be sooooooo unblivbly happy if I ever get the chance to see it......................

[johnnie160]

he was in d'ream!

[DollyK7]

I love Prof Cox, hes just the best! :) x

[redzone861]

how amazing is that..

I really want to see this,atleast one time in my life :)

[petunia0809]

beautiful

[flibble3333]

Brian Cox could make a lecture on how to make a cheese sandwich sound interesting.

I could listen to him for hours.

[H22A7]

@flibble3333 Totally agree with you

[controversiaster]

@flibble3333 Go to University of Manchester, you are bound to bump into him then!

[Frostiedkdk]

@flibble3333 i suspect its because he speaks with such passion, he really seems to enjoy his work

[jrunberg]

I bet there isn't a soul out there. How peaceful......

[IneedTodisco]

okay weird i think i heard this guy say "It's great since were in late march" now this video was posted february, 26, 2010. that doesnt seem to match much as march comes after.

[BIackhurst]

That is because he means March 2009....

[MissGwen17]

@IneedTodisco the video was POSTED in feb. Doesn't mean that was the date it was filmed.

[kkcty]

@IneedTodisco I'm assuming it was filmed late march last year

[henniutube]

For me this BBC documentary is great! I think BBC is the best when it comes to making series like these. Brian Cox is fantastic. Love the way he tries to explain. Even simple minds like me start to understand the beauty and wonders. And that is where it is all about isn't it? Thank you BBC...

[deezfatnutz]

where can i watch this whole documentary at?

[PcGamingRig]

@deezfatnutz bbc iplayer has all 3 episodes

[deezfatnutz]

whats the whole website?

[PcGamingRig]

@deezfatnutz bbc . co . uk / iplayer

search wonders of the solar system

doesn't let u post full site links

[the0fart0machine]

As a qualified electrical engineer and not into religion in any form. Too many people take what scientists say without question, Brian Cox is a lovely lad but a bit ignorant of the solar system that he knows so much about?

[deezfatnutz]

your right about the scientists.

[LauraaaS14]

I love this Series! Physics ftw :D

[dhwgrooves]

This programme was awesome. The BBC should really air more programmes like this.

[the0fart0machine]

What a disappointing Episode 1, can only hope it gets better. To say that a solar eclipse happens by a coincidence is just ignorance. The maths involved and the same numbers keep on appearing would suggest that a S.E. is no coincidence.

[andycx2]

@the0fart0machine religious fool!

[pipemzls]

Great! Another Amazing vid in Full HD 1080p

[mng0603]

does it actualy move that fast or even move?

[djonusas]

the aurora are too subtle for the TV camera to pick up. they were filmed using a Canon 5D on a timelapse mode. so we then had to slow the shots down considerably, but they are still fast - in some you can see the two guys hi-speed bobbing in the frame!

[janesuoth]

i wna see one of those!

[D4isuk3D]

lol i have seen many auroras :P 'cus i live in Finland and it's very very easy to see them but they are not that strong little weaker colors..

[adhesivo1138]

ANyone knows what music is playing at 2:40?

[williamhtrice]

@adhesivo1138 Yes, the music in this clip is the music composed for the show by TV composer Sheridan Tongue. I know this because I was an assistant composer on the show and played a lot of the guitars you hear in this clip.

[adhesivo1138]

Thanks for your reply. Well, congrats to Sheridan then. Amazing job guys.

[frolicols01]

@williamhtrice WOW - thats aweseom.. I was saying to some people that the music is fantastic.. Its so.. WOW!!!! Love it.. You know if there is a way I can download it pay or free?

[BlueBlood859]

anyone know the song used on the TV advert (about 30 seconds long) for this show. Message me! thanks.

[ralstonjack]

I finally found it! It's Ian Brown - Stellify

[tenbines]

Brian cox is a professor of particle physics, not a real rock star

[j0phos]

Well, he was in D:Ream.

[tenbines]

haha yea spose so, playing keyboards for the new labour soundtrack really is the new rock and roll then!?

[j0phos]

He was also in the band 'Dare', which although a bit more rocky, is still fairly typical cringe-worthy 80s' stuff.

[yepokuhhuh]

@tenbines

he used to be in a band. i cant recall the name righ tnow but if you were to google it im sure you would get your answer :) I think he was aon keyboard :)

[tenbines]

they were called D:Ream best known for "things can only get better"

[wrath90210]

i think sensed a hint of emotion in the one cox haha just joking ;)

[UnaLaguna]

Shame about the compression artefacts on the video - that's what made the Aurora look like a set of bands of lights (like contours on a map) in this video instead of the continuous light it's meant to be.

[djonusas]

i agree. they were lovely and smooth out of the camera (canon 5D) and also very good on Tx. must be some horrible codec they use for the web

[hedonistic2008]

amazing and quite frightening too.

[BADBOYCH]

I would love to see those lights. To see the Earths magnetic field interact with high charged particals from the Sun would be wonderfull. I can't wait to see this program.

[Relugus]

That Aurora kind of has a Blur to it. ;-)

I'm also looking forward to the BBC's upcoming science programmes, such as Pixie Lott on Space & Time, Lady Sovereign's Guide to Quantum Physics, and Liam Gallagher's Geology Quest. ;-)

[ECTBWHO]

: )

[dravarian26]

it looks really weird like a special effect.

[Ives56]

what a suoprise it is on bbc 2

[alaswoeisme]

Amazingly beautiful!!! Btw, is he Irish?

[jeremyfinch]

St Elmo's Fire, mate

[DeanC993]

cool