Product Details

• Actors: Super Nova
• Directors: David DeMarcos
• Producers: David DeMarcos
• Format: NTSC, Digital Sound, Dolby, Full Screen, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: aWaterline Productions
• DVD Release Date: January 18, 2008
• Run Time: 70 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0012S9BTU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,574 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

NTSC North American Format

Updated 2009 - Includes:
* Some of the most recent 2008/09 HST observations
* New Title Menu
* Re-encoded with the latest encoders allowing for excellent color and clarity

J.B.S Haldane
The Universe is not only stranger than we imagine; it is stranger than we can imagine.

The Visible Universe presents a visual journey through space and back in time using the greatest optical instruments ever created in the history of man. The Hubble Space Telescope, SOHO, Trace, Spitzer, and other instruments have afforded us an insight to the farthest reaches of the Cosmos.

Carl Sagan
The Universe forces those who live in it to understand it.

The producer hopes that this progressive music video will entertain and inspire our children to further the progress of science and understanding of the universe we live in for our future, and posterity.

This program journeys through one hundred and forty four very hi-resolution images and videos. Additionally, two hundred and two images are presented with titles courtesy of NASA Space Telescope Science Institute, and countless others whose names appear within the credits. Thank you for the many years of inspiration. Both programs are featured with progressively mixed audio soundtracks.

Visual Journey 00:43:15 min
With various styles of professionally produced music, this program provides a hi-resolution visual journey to ends of what we understand as our visible universe. We will set forth with music through one hundred and forty images and videos using some of the greatest optical instruments yet devise.

Additional Scenes 00:26:15
With a more aggressive hard rock style of music, this program provides two hundred and two images presented with titles. Video of Mars Dust Devil and Comet 9P/Temple 1. courtesy of NASA.

This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Star Party Club Favorite, April 10, 2009

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StarGazer (Nevada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Visible Universe: A Visual Journey Through Space and Back in Time. NASA - Hubble Space Telescope (DVD)

On cloudy nights, our astronomy club members bring interesting programs among other antidotes to help while away the time in hope of cloud breaks. Thusly I have seen more than my share of astronomy type programs good and bad. A member brought "the visible universe" in which I had not previously viewed and immediately liked it.

What I liked was that it panned and zoomed to all the interesting points of objects that I know to be interesting from my own research and observations. The pictures were clear and the detail was fine, most pictures were Not over zoomed, nor did they pass to quickly. The music was very well done, albeit strange and unique in an upbeat fashion. We watched it twice back to back that evening, the later muted. Since then, I have purchased this program and view it regularly, usually in the background.

I would suggest that this program is geared towards virtually any person even remotely interested in astronomical objects in space. It is not in itself educational the way a fully narrated program is, rather an introduction tool to what exists in the seemingly endless space of our night skies.

I give it 4.5 stars since the program is not perfect, but Amazon allows for only a rudimentary rating system so I do as most and average up.

For our astronomy club, this program, as well as similar programs at the right price are ideal, thus it fills the room with light and color while we wait for clear skies.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hubble Space Telescope images are brilliant!!!, January 24, 2008

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Nicky (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Visible Universe: A Visual Journey Through Space and Back in Time. NASA - Hubble Space Telescope (DVD)

I rather enjoyed this DVD. The DVD images are stunningly brilliant in color and clarity. The music was very well done with sort of a groovy motion slide show thing going on. Since i've seen it half dozen times already, I would certainly recommend this to any space enthusiast.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than Expected - Outstanding!, April 4, 2009

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D.B. Cooper (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Visible Universe: A Visual Journey Through Space and Back in Time. NASA - Hubble Space Telescope (DVD)

This program actually surprised us. All imagery is very vivid and in perpetual motion which is in contrast to other DVD's we bought. The music was varying and overall added to the experience. It seemed like the makers were trying to set a different mood throughout the program. Overall, we're glad we got it. Now we just need a bigger TV...