The Things that Live on Mars 4K
Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 23 Οκτ 2015
Mars is a world long imbued with possibilities.
At
the end of the 19th century, the Italian astronomer, Giovanni
Schiaparelli, noted markings running down the planet. He connected them
in a vast global network. He imagined they were immense structures
designed to carry melting snow from the poles to the dry interior. The
American astronomer Percival Lowell saw in these canals the future of
Earth. Here was a dying civilization trying to rescue itself from a
global ecological crisis.
What was the planet like up close? The
author H.G. Wells sought to fill in the blanks with an article, “The
things that live on Mars”… based upon “scientific reasoning, in
conformity with the very latest astronomical revelations.”
We now know that surface temperatures average -50 degree Celsius. Its thin atmosphere is dominated by Carbon dioxide.
And
yet Mars remains a world imbued with possibilities. We now scour its
surface for water that may have once spawned living organisms, for
potential landing spots for future astronauts, and for minerals to
support a permanent human presence.
But our leaps of the
imagination are not limited to Mars… as we scour the galaxy for sun-like
stars, with solar systems, and earth-like planets.
We scan
these distant worlds for radio signals that may have leaked into space…
or were deliberately beamed across the void by intelligent creatures
trying to connect with us. Are these aliens curious like us or are they
searching, like the Martians of Schiaparelli and Lowell for a way to
survive?
Music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com)
At
the end of the 19th century, the Italian astronomer, Giovanni
Schiaparelli, noted markings running down the planet. He connected them
in a vast global network. He imagined they were immense structures
designed to carry melting snow from the poles to the dry interior. The
American astronomer Percival Lowell saw in these canals the future of
Earth. Here was a dying civilization trying to rescue itself from a
global ecological crisis.
What was the planet like up close? The
author H.G. Wells sought to fill in the blanks with an article, “The
things that live on Mars”… based upon “scientific reasoning, in
conformity with the very latest astronomical revelations.”
We now know that surface temperatures average -50 degree Celsius. Its thin atmosphere is dominated by Carbon dioxide.
And
yet Mars remains a world imbued with possibilities. We now scour its
surface for water that may have once spawned living organisms, for
potential landing spots for future astronauts, and for minerals to
support a permanent human presence.
But our leaps of the
imagination are not limited to Mars… as we scour the galaxy for sun-like
stars, with solar systems, and earth-like planets.
We scan
these distant worlds for radio signals that may have leaked into space…
or were deliberately beamed across the void by intelligent creatures
trying to connect with us. Are these aliens curious like us or are they
searching, like the Martians of Schiaparelli and Lowell for a way to
survive?
Music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com)
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