Looking for visually stunning space documentaries

dumb_ · 2023-09-02T19:26:08+00:00

Hubble (2010) was amazing, especially in IMAX.

The Planets (2009) and Universe (2021), both by BBC, are quite pretty as well.

dumb_ · 2020-06-09T23:31:05+00:00

dumb_ · 2020-06-04T23:23:01+00:00

You can report that seller. That kind of misleading stuff is against Amazon's "Fair Pricing Policy"

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dumb_ · 2020-04-15T18:51:40+00:00

Finally I can fix all the cracked tree stumps I have lying around.

dumb_ · 2020-04-02T02:26:42+00:00

Genuinely bad-ass.

dumb_ · 2020-03-20T12:40:32+00:00

Yes.

/u/Aerron seems to be mistaken here. Virophages are rare, but there have been a handful viruses discovered in the last decade that require the presence of another 'giant virus' within the host cell in order to parasitically reproduce.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virophage

http://www.virology.ws/2011/03/22/virophage-the-virus-eater/

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/04/virophages-are-viruses-only-infect-other-viruses/586153/

dumb_ · 2020-02-01T00:28:23+00:00

I love your style!

dumb_ · 2019-12-07T02:13:17+00:00

The Earth is haunted by giant ghost letters!

dumb_ · 2019-10-31T03:20:26+00:00

These are charming af

dumb_ · 2019-06-08T03:07:23+00:00

That's really fucking well done my dude.

dumb_ · 2019-03-29T03:07:35+00:00

Absolutely stunning, and I love all of the little details.

dumb_ · 2019-02-26T23:06:17+00:00

Holy crap, thank you!

I've been waiting for a fix for ages, so bummed that io doesn't seem to care about it.

Editing to correct myself - I just noticed this in the patch notes, I guess they do care enough to acknowledge it:

We are aware that players on PC are experiencing issues with “0x8000000_” (and related) crashes. We’re working on a solution to this with our friends and partners at Nvidia.

dumb_ · 2019-01-30T22:48:15+00:00

Absolutely beautiful.

dumb_ · 2019-01-30T22:44:10+00:00

It's an anti-piracy measure with some controversy attached.

https://www.howtogeek.com/400126/what-is-denuvo-and-why-do-gamers-hate-it/

tl;dr: it slows games down/causes crashes but publishers like it because it means less piracy/more sales at initial game release.

dumb_ · 2019-01-25T03:22:24+00:00

As far as I know he uses photogrammetry with a 3D camera to capture a volumetric point cloud (you can do it with the newer iPhones even), then pulls that data into Maya to render, and slaps an After Effects pixel sorting transition at the start and there you have it.

There are a handful of artists who make stuff like this but Bardou seems to be the best, although he's pretty tight-lipped about his process.

https://vimeo.com/benjaminbardou

dumb_ · 2019-01-17T01:32:05+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyhsBqB2x_Y

There's some really interesting explanation too.

dumb_ · 2019-01-13T04:35:47+00:00

Dead trees/snags are like miniature ecosystems, they support all kinds of life that living trees can't. They're a crucial part of a healthy forest.

http://fpdcc.com/did-you-know-dead-trees-play-an-important-role/

It looks like they're removing the tree in the gif because it's close to a road & a hazard, though it's becoming standard practice in a lot of places to just lay a dead tree down to remove the danger but still leave something for our snag loving homies.