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Mar 13 2010, 07:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
SOHO, TRACE and STEREO imagery, great though it is - can't fly you through the chronosphere. How about chromosphere? -------------------- |
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Mar 13 2010, 07:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
On the subject of UK space documentaries, one of the best I've ever seen is a 1995 Equinox episode called 'On Jupiter'
I could post a link to this on youtube but I'm not going to unless I get mod approval. |
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Mar 13 2010, 08:02 PM
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Mar 13 2010, 11:49 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 22-May 08 From: Loughborough Member No.: 4121 |
A couple of days ago was aiming to post a summary similar to Doug's regarding the Horizon effort - but my computer threw a wobbly (it survived fortunately ). I really don't know what they are thinking of when it comes to what appears to be a chosen mandate regarding the need for "whacky" visuals even when just having scientists chatting in front of the camera - contrast that with Cox's explanation of the water heating experiment. So much so that I turned off after 20 minutes - it was just unwatchable.
As an aside, on the subject of iPlayer I was chatting to a BBC IT guy last week who works on various of their web pages, and he thought a subscription process was on the cards for viewers from outside the UK, which would be good for stuff such as this or for ex-pats in general. |
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Mar 14 2010, 04:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2106 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Here's a very nice (and quite legal!) channel for a bunch of things right up our alley:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SpaceRip Here's a nice one about Oppy's adventures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC6J57DmsW8 |
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Mar 14 2010, 09:01 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 117 Joined: 7-December 06 From: Sheffield UK Member No.: 1462 |
On the subject of UK space documentaries, one of the best I've ever seen is a 1995 Equinox episode called 'On Jupiter' I could post a link to this on youtube but I'm not going to unless I get mod approval. I remember that episode, it was instrumental in rekindling my interest in space exploration at the age of 18 -------------------- It's a funny old world - A man's lucky if he gets out of it alive. - W.C. Fields.
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Mar 15 2010, 09:40 AM
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Overall, a great 2nd episode with Dr Carolyn Porco discussing the wonders of the solar system in the Saturnian system: Saturn’s rings and the tiger stripes + geyser-like fountains on Enceladus, Saturn’s sixth largest moon…
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Mar 19 2010, 03:58 PM
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Next month, the series will be available on DVD: http://www.bbcshop.com/Science+Nature/Wond...invt/bbcdvd3191
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Mar 19 2010, 04:37 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Available for purchase, but delivery date not till Dec 4th. Also just in Region 2 format, apparently.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Mar 21 2010, 04:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 796 Joined: 27-February 08 From: Heart of Europe Member No.: 4057 |
Finally I've seen first two episodes. Very nice document, but not flawless. For example, used images are often unnecessarily pixelate (why? For more realistic look?). And Enceladus has four hundred kilometers across? Since when?
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Mar 21 2010, 04:31 PM
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Finally I've seen first two episodes. Very nice document, but not flawless. For example, used images are often unnecessarily pixelate (why? For more realistic look?). And Enceladus has four hundred kilometers across? Since when? Im surprised you noticed that, most images weren't on screen long enough to tell what we were looking at. |
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Mar 21 2010, 10:08 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 29-January 09 Member No.: 4589 |
Available for purchase, but delivery date not till Dec 4th. Also just in Region 2 format, apparently. The release date is 12th April (12/04/10) - it's a UK site, remember. (I can't help you with the region format though, alas) -------------------- Protein structures and Mars fun - http://www.flickr.com/photos/nick960/
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Mar 21 2010, 10:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
I've just watched the third one, my favourite so far, on atmospheres. It ends with 'Somewhere over the rainbow', which for some reason reminded me of Kubrick's inspired choice of 'The Blue Danube' for 2001. Must be the time of night.
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Mar 21 2010, 10:55 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
The release date is 12th April (12/04/10) - it's a UK site, remember. ...well, well! I stand happily corrected. The format might not be an insurmountable obstacle, though; gonna explore some options. Here in LA they may sell Region 2 compatible players somewhere, and since Region 2 also includes Japan it might be worth investing in one to use for some of my wife's movies. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Mar 22 2010, 04:00 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 9-March 04 Member No.: 53 |
Many DVD players can be easily hacked to become "region-free." On my inexpensive Philips model it was done using nothing more than the number pad on the remote control. Just Google your brand and model number + region +hack.
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