Exploring the 'World of Death'

Visiting the famous "world of death", a landable planet that orbits incredibly close to a white dwarf. The view when the planet goes swinging right up to the white dwarf is unspeakably cool.

Want to skip straight to the climaxes? Check out 04:15 and 08:37.

Planet: Spoihaae XE-X d2-9 A 1, near Colonia.

Music is all by the amazing Vindsvept:

[FreemanicParacusia]

Holy crap, they even included the space distortion when it drew close.

[andyb]

When the Hutton Orbital Trucker's Union finds out you flew there and landed, they're gonna quintuple your insurance premiums.

[tyrannosaur]

"Well, I'm now completely sterile and have 15 different kinds of cancer but holy fucking shit was that worth it!"
Seriously, though, that is awesome. Putting this on my exploration list once I finish engineering my Phantom.

[pruje]

This is one of the coolest Elite videos I have ever seen.

[CaptainHeadcrab]

Imagine how radioactive that planet is

[cablefellow]

I play this game in vr. And sometimes it’s breathtaking and a little sad. Knowing I’ll never get to see this with my own eyes. But the VR aspect makes this game amazing!

[thedoctor]

What's incredible is you can see the spacetime dilation/gravitational lensing occurring more and more as the planet draws more near to the white dwarf.

[spacedolphin]

DAMMIT I JUST CAME BACK FROM COLONIA. HOW DID I NOT KNOW OF THIS

[Fewe]

god damn. i was so entranced i didn't even realize 12 minutes had passed.

[mark]

2:35 ahhh that's what Gordon Freeman has been up to

[coverwatch]

I just wonder what would happen if you set the course of new Flight Carriers to orbit of this planet.

Also, brilliant video with awesome cinematography and musical preference!

[autonomousanonymous]

My favorite part by far is how the overall lighting turns from blue to black to orange from the neighboring star as the planet's local surface passes into the dark side. Absolutely incredible video

[Smplt]

7:49 is worthy of being a desktop background, its such a nice shot.

Beautiful piece of work, can't wait to go here myself and check it out with Odyssey's new effects.

[clankplusm]

Dammit, and I just visited Colonia two days ago... I'm already back in the core and don't think I have the mental fortitude for that trip again.

[deio]

In a few days, we will be able to stand and see with our eyes, not in SRV :)
Oddysey knocks on the door :)

[cmdrmarz]

Absolutely stunning from start to finish.

Many thanks for sharing, that was a joy to watch.

[TheVergile]

This is an amazing moment.
I just wish they put a bit more effort into these stellar bodies. There is so much eyecandy left on the table with black holes and other massive stellar remnants. Scenes like this always make you realize how close they got to something truly amazing.

[randomprojectsusa]

I almost fell over when the planet passed that close.

[lombrizdetierra]

That Is the single best ED video i've seen, it makes me wanna play again, great job

[Roxfox]

Absolutely gorgeous, and brilliant choice and use of music.