Come ride the light..
Perspective
In our terrestrial view of things, the speed of light seems incredibly fast. But as soon as you view it against the vast distances of the universe, it’s unfortunately very slow.
This animation illustrates, in realtime, the journey of a photon of light emitted from the surface of the sun and traveling across a portion of the solar system, from a human perspective.
[Thanks to John Gruber]Links:
- Design & Animation: Alphonse Swinehart / aswinehart.com
- Music: Steve Reich “Music for 18 Musicians”
- Performed by: Eighth Blackbird / eighthblackbird.org
- The Black Marble & The Pale Blue Dot
- The Earth from the ISS
