NASA | Synthesis: NASA Data Visualizations In Ultra-HD (4K)

Our senses tell us about the natural world, but our senses cannot tell us everything. That’s why we use tools, and NASA develops some of the most sophisticated, most exciting tools of all. Designed to reveal aspects of the Earth, the Sun, The Moon, these tools gather essential data about the world around us, while other instruments peer way out to much more distant places. When these data are turned into visualizations, we discover a complexity and elegance to the natural world that would otherwise elude our physical senses. Even more important, we uncover vital clues to understand how things work, how they’re changing, and what the implications for those changes may mean. With the advent of Ultra-High-Definition video, more commonly known as “4K Video”, those images take on an enhanced majesty and power. In this video, we present images about our home planet, as well as the life-giving star it orbits, and the mysterious moon that travels with us through space.

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[mesatreecare]

wow it looks so real! not that I or anyone would know as no one has ever taken a photo from that far away. interesting, I sometimes wonder why literally every image of space or the earth ever appears to be a drawing or a cgi image or sometimes just a good old fashioned painting! love the art you provide us NASA!

[kegeke]

thx for that visualization
we live in a magic world.

[WeAreCamels]

That was one of the most beautiful things I ever seen

[DubDoogan]

a legend at the bottom or within the video (or narration) would be very helpful. Some of the visualizations are obvious, but for others it's not clear what is being represented.

[KsNewSpace]

Hello NASA, I can understand you didn't want to overlay the images with text but could you maybe add YouTube annotations with a little description of what data is actually seen in each scene? Nontheless, awesome video!

[LowLightVideos]

+NASA Goddard I note in the Description it says "NASA develops some of the most sophisticated, most exciting tools of all.". I also read the Comments from your Viewers.

In the opening and closing Section the Labeling sometimes flys ahead and sometimes behind the Object; it's altitude over the Object is a bit too high.

If the Labeling had 'collision avoidance' the Labels could avoid obscuring each other from time to time (making them ineffective). As the Labels came to a 'collision point' they could shift apart slightly to maximize the duration of their visibility while maintaining the integrity of their connection - the Plan B where there were too many Objects in proximity could be that the Labels 'fly apart' further and have a stick from one corner of the Label that sticks with the Object.

Some other Comments noticed that the Land seemed quite flat (as did the Clouds) and that depth was lacking, indeed the Earth (and the Land in particular) is too perfectly spherical - it looks unrealistic and unlike real Videos of the Earth (taken from orbiting Satellites).

Also a "YouTube Technical Note": the Closed Captioning" simply says "Music", so much more useful it would be if it described each Scene; those not curious to know if Music was playing nor uninterested in knowing what they where looking at (or simply desired an unobscured view) could disable the Captioning - a 'Free Bonus' of Captioning is that Language Translations (along with a few customizations) are available.

I only made this extra effort to be so particular since you said: "NASA develops some of the most sophisticated, most exciting tools of all.", so let's do it.

YT, Rob

[GlenCychosz]

Great work. Oahu Hawaii looked amazing 5:13. All of this was amazing.

[thiagojahn]

Como é lindo nosso planeta. Obrigado por essas imagens. Poderia ficar olhando por horas essas imagens sem nunca cansar...

[HarryH]

Looks amazing when watching in 4K. How many as of watcher have 4K resolution Computer or another device

[travispolson]

Imagine if we traded war for space the things humans could accomplish would be nothing short of amazing .
Sadly humans have been working on war in space so I don't ever see an end to the waste of war .

[BrunoMonteiroMau]

Thanks so much for all the effort on this amazing piece of art and science.
Our planet is a living organism so to speak I can't even fathom all the processes that occur simultaneously and have been repeating themselves for billions of years in our planet alone.
Seeing some of those processes with the aid of technology makes less difficult for us to grasp how complex and amazing our planet is.
I particularly loved the ocean currents animation and the magnetosphere.as well.
You guys rock!

[NeonsStyleHD]

There's only one problem with this. You failed to tell us what each data set represents. The cloud stuff was easy, as was El Nino, but some of the other ocean ones were not so clear. Still, amazing imagery.

[drew]

I wish these were annotated with the satellite and/or measurement used.

[paulfurtak]

That part with CME was pretty awesome, more of that please :D

[sentdc]

Awesome! But it would've really helped if you labeled what those visualizations represent in the video.

[rkpetry]

Should include Mars. Should make this a 24-hour-uptodate channel stream... And, Thanks...

[Utoobasaurus]

Dear Earth, we love you.  Please come back.

[astrogirlusa]

Just a small sampling of the data NASA satellites bring us daily. : )

[prudeprude]

legends/description would have made it useful. Still beautiful

[ezfzx]

Mesmerizing! It's a keeper! Fantastic work!
(Ignore the whiners.)