The Ride of a Lifetime

Software used to make this video is free, its called Celestia, available www.shatters.net/celestia/
Its really worth downloading and having a play with if you want to get to grips in a fantastic fashion with the solar system and universe.
Its a great piece of software for getting to understand where you are on the planet, in the solar system, and in the galaxy- a very eye opening piece of code. It also allows you to find various planets, moons, and man-made satallites. It is also quasi-research in nature, in that you can actually give the program scripts and make it do some quite sophisticated stuff.

Since I was a kid Ive been a keen amateur astronomer, and have always marveled at watching the sky move, but in my mind feeling the Earth move. Day and night, the stars and the planets are something we have all seen, but relatively few actually perceive what is going on- a tragedy given that people can live their whole lives in the presence of this knowledge and not see its effects in their daily lives. The spin of the earth, the movement of the planets and why they have their apparent motions etc. This video is an attempt to highlight this perception.

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[aboyborninjune]

The scientific view of the universe and our place in it, is more beautiful than the religious one.

It's beauty, it's meaning and purpose, in itself - without absurd religion & superstition.

[icoo44]

That was beautiful, thanks for sharing.

[ThePuppyTurtle]

@aboyborninjune How do you know religion is Absurd?

[robdotcom71]

Celestia is great to play with....

You would love Orbiter Space Sim....

[supravista]

Fucking amazing, man.. Poetry.

[Spocktacular96]

I everyone could see things as Thunderf00t does, there would be no need for religion

[1bUgHi1]

@ScottyDonahti

poor troll,

try harder

1/10

[CaptainChaos]

What is that music at #3:30, when the telescope is shown?

[ThePuppyTurtle]

i hAs teh c0mpUt0RS s0 thEr3 isNT teh g0d

[highqueue1]

talk about casting 'your pearls before swine' - if the jesus character were alive/real, he'd "like" this video. Keep it up Thunderf00t.

[CreedChrist]

@morningstomper123 *sigh*, I seriously cannot debate with someone who doesn't know anything about the Gospels. The gospels were not written after 100 A.D., lol. They range from 50 A.D. - 70 A.D. St. Paul himself died around A.D 60 by Nero, during the time when the gospel writings were starting. And Luke himself already had records of eyewitnesses long before. Try reading the early church fathers who talk about their formation, not atheist rhetoric.