AstroPic of the Day

January 1, 2009 7:43 PM

The Sky in Motion [via rw]
posted by kliuless (19 comments total)

Beautiful. Thank you.
posted by wanderingmind at 8:20 PM on January 1, 2009

You can watch a high definition version of the same video on Vimeo. The site the video came from, The Sky in Motion, is pretty damn sweet.
posted by Kattullus at 8:21 PM on January 1, 2009

Wow! And thanks for the links, Kattullus! Wow.
posted by Auden at 8:30 PM on January 1, 2009

The music helps make it.
posted by longsleeves at 8:35 PM on January 1, 2009

The music needed to be Vivaldi.
posted by zengargoyle at 8:38 PM on January 1, 2009

Seriously, start them up at the same time... Vivaldi - Spring.
posted by zengargoyle at 8:50 PM on January 1, 2009

Vivaldi Summer.
posted by Mblue at 8:56 PM on January 1, 2009

The music needed to be Vivaldi.

Great suggestion, zengargoyle. I was also thinking Aaron Copland ("Clarinet Concerto") or maybe Charles Ives "The Unanswered Question" would work too, on a different level. At least it didn't use music by Phillip Glass.
posted by Seekerofsplendor at 11:06 PM on January 1, 2009

I happened to be listening to the first movement of John Adams's Shaker Loops while the video was playing and thought it matched pretty well. Here's an MP3 so that you can try it yourself.
posted by tss at 11:14 PM on January 1, 2009 [1 favorite]

La la la, lydiatss
posted by Mblue at 11:40 PM on January 1, 2009

It's Mozart: Clarinet Concerto: II. Adagio.
posted by zengargoyle at 12:41 AM on January 2, 2009

Nice.
posted by AzzaMcKazza at 12:52 AM on January 2, 2009

Surprisingly Here Comes your man sorta works.
posted by zengargoyle at 1:09 AM on January 2, 2009

Amazing!
I thought the song was perfect.
posted by archagon at 3:01 AM on January 2, 2009

Very nice—thanks!
posted by languagehat at 6:34 AM on January 2, 2009

Try it with Ligeti's Requiem. Seriously, do it now.
posted by swift at 7:48 AM on January 2, 2009

Oh, it's excellent with this one.
posted by the cuban at 8:40 AM on January 2, 2009

I can't say I would recommend Ministry's Golden Dawn with it. The video is excellent though & I'll be showing my daughters who are supposed to be watching the night sky for a girl scout project later on. Thanks!
posted by susanbeeswax at 12:52 PM on January 2, 2009

Heaven.
posted by nickyskye at 5:34 PM on January 2, 2009