Saturn

[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/27673301 w=400&h=225]

Cassini Mission from Dash Houdini on Vimeo.

I am in awe. Motion designer/director Chris Abbas used photography from NASA’s Cassini-Huygens spacecraft to create an absolutely beautiful, meditative short film of Saturn, her rings, and her moons, building motion from the publicly available archive of sequenced stills. Interesting note: Vimeo user Hynee explains that the streaking star trails seen near the end and throughout are “navigation system calibration runs; the spacecraft uses spinning wheels to stabilize itself, and [they need] to be checked on.” The music is 2 Ghosts I from Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts I–IV album. Content source: hello.bauldoff.com http://hello.bauldoff.com/post/6390104554/i-am-in-awe-motion-designer-director-chris via @AlwaysWithHonor June 10 2011 http://disqus.com/forums/bauldoff/thread_95/trackback/