Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe

Eric Whitacre's "Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe" is a unique film and musical experience inspired by one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time: the Hubble Telescope's Deep Field image.

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Composer & Artistic Director: Eric Whitacre
Film By: 59 Productions & Space Telescope Science Institute
Executive Producer: Music Productions, Claire Long & Meg Davies

Conductor: Eric Whitacre
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Eric Whitacre Singers
Virtual Choir 5 (more than 8,000 voices from 120 countries across the globe)

Audio Production
Produced by: John Powell
Recorded by: Mike Hatch, Floating Earth
Mixed by: John Traunwieser
Mixed at 5 Cat Studios, Los Angeles CA
Virtual Choir Editing by: John Michael Caldwell

Special Thanks
Dr. John M. Grunsfeld
Dr. Robert Williams
Scott D. Vangen
John Vadino
Kimberly Kowal Arcand
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
The men & women of the Space Program

[Artemis-]

The world needs more of this. I think this is the most calming, meditative thing I've ever found on the internet.
Pale Blue Dot, people - it's all we've got. Our world, each other.

[sunshineskates]

The people who built hubble truly gave mankind an amazing gift

[neonsphere]

I am watching this on an OLED 4k screen just to test the display but I was hypnotized. How calm it feels just to look at the wonders of our universe.

[travish.]

As one sits here and watches this absolutely breath-taking project, one has no other choice but to smile ruefully and with great sadness when one thinks about how incredible insignificant and ridiculously small we all truly are. Especially with our perceived slights, inconveniences and overall general lack of compassion for one another that is so prevalent in today's society. In the grand scheme of things, which this video is the absolute embodiment of, our notions of "who is right, who is wrong" and "I am better than others" really are of incalculable unimportance.

Thank you, infinitely many times over, to the creators of this magnificent work. Watching this was truly a humbling experience and it really puts humanity and all of it's "issues" into sharp perspective. Well done!!!

[CommieGIR]

“It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.” - Carl Sagan

[marjie]

Thrilled and honoured to be part of this amazing project. Stunningly beautiful. Thank you Eric and all who took part.

[heeber]

Perfect video... NO club bump music, NO unnecessary talking, just the most BEAUTIFUL imagery COMPLIMENTED by an appropriate soundtrack. THANK YOU!

[jtbott_]

Looking back on this!! The best performance I’ve ever been apart of, and I’m a trumpet player but it felt good to sing with a choir again, even if it was virtual. Thank you Eric Whitacre for the amazing opportunity!!

[Violet-tcvf]

How incredibly blessed are we to even have the consciousness to begin to fathom what we are looking at here? And as ridiculously tiny as we are on this floating rock in space, we have created the technology to view even a sliver of existence in this much detail.
It truly takes me breath away. The human existence might be full of pain but it is also immensely beautiful everywhere you look or imagine.

[aphoticphoton]

Been waiting months to finally hear how this would all sound and Fellow Virtual Choir sounds It was an honor to be part of something on this magnitude and helping to shape one voice!

[julietcarter]

This MASTERPIECE made me cry, it's so breathtakingly beautiful, have chills down my spine with how magnificent our universe actually is-the background music showcased the images superbly! Bravo!! 👏 🙌

[masofpitch]

We need the next chapter of this beauty with the visuals detected by James Webb ✨

[nessiebwur]

I found my name in the credits and I'm so honored to be a part of VC5!! <3 CONGRATULATIONS to all who also took part in this beautiful project!! <3

[lisha]

No words can describe this feeling I got after watching this... but I would love to thank each and every person who has been a part in making this video possible from the creators of this video to the creators of hubble telescope. Thank you so much...

[pedrokinlaw]

This needs to be watched on an OLED display. Holy cow.

[mercyfae]

Watched previous choirs, but being a part of this (and actually seeing myself on screen) was huge.

What an amazing opportunity. ❤

[Makom]

this kind of masterpieces take me away from depression

[UKbrownSkinBoy]

There's "wow" and then there's "omg i cannot even begin to comprehend what it is I'm looking at". Awesome doesn't even begin to describe it.

[maryannarep]

Thanks Eric for letting me participate. I'm a former UNR music major class of 1982.

[boba]

Can we appreciate how this guy doesn't put ads in his video?