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Power of the Sun - Burning Marshmallow!
What if this was your eye? A demo showing the effects of using a telescope to view the sun without any eye protection. Thanks Chuck!
03.05.11 ♥ 0
Power of the Sun - Burning Marshmallow!
What if this was your eye? A demo showing the effects of using a telescope to view the sun without any eye protection. Thanks Chuck!
Asked by Anonymous
mmmm this ‘smore looks delicious! I just got this! Posting!
So heres a draft of a possible animation for the ToV Eye-Safety video. I can already see a few tweaks that need to be made. I’ll wait to add audio until further into the project. Thank Vimeo for the poor video quality. Thanks Vimeo!
New Revisions (for the coming week)
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Ok, so a post-preliminary short storyboard of a possible ToV animation. This was mostly just to test my new storyboarding template. Definitely needs some tweaks. Expect a rough draft version of the animation sometime tomorrow. goodnight!
A GREAT resource for a WIDE variety of USABLE production music. YAY.
Preliminary Notes and Storyboarding. In addition to the Eye Safety tutorial, and perhaps as an intro, I am considering a relatively simple animation that follows Venus as it moves across a backdrop of stars and approaches the sun. As it breaks across the edge of the Sun’s face, the screen flashes into white and then back into a static image of the Transit of Venus logo on top of the sun with Venus below and to the right. More Eye Safety-specific storyboarding to come (using my new template!)
* Updated version uses less ink when printing and eliminates “griding” effect when scanned. Note space has been slightly enlarged as well.
This is the base Photoshop file for the Storyboarding sheet found in another post and is for personal use only. The same restrictions apply.
Custom Storyboarding Sheet
* Revised layout uses less ink when printing and prevents weird “griding” effect when scanned. The note space has also been slightly enlarged. The .PSD file has also been updated.
Being dissatisfied with what was freely available on the web, I made my own homegrown storyboarding sheet for video projects. There are 15 frames per sheet with space for a few notes below each. There is a small box on the upper right of each frame for numbering or check-marking, depending upon your needs. There is also a Title, Date, and Sheet # bar at the top.
This is freely usable for personal projects but may not be used commercially. If you wish to tweak the design for your own purposes, you can get the base .PSD file here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Check this site out run and pampered by Chuck Bueter. Any and all things Transit of Venus can be found here. Tons of extra info and opportunities to become awesome - by mere affiliation.
This shows the relative paths of both the previous transit of Venus in 2004 and the upcoming transit in 2012 across the face of the Sun.
Venus is roughly the size of Earth. Check out the size of Venus compared to the Sun!
Venus travels across the bottom fourth of the sun in this video from 2004. Captured by the GOES spacecraft.
In 2012, the last Transit of Venus (ToV) within our lifetimes will occur. These transits happen in pairs eight years apart, then remain unseen for approximately another 100 years before they return.
While this event is certainly one to remember, it is also one to witness. To watch as Venus effortlessly sails across the Sun’s apparent ocean of light is to witness the very thing so many intrepid explorers, from many nations, set out onto the high seas to witness hundreds of years ago. By taking measurements from multiple locations around the world, these explorers were able to provide the data necessary to calculate the distance from Earth to Venus. Although the distances found weren’t entirely accurate, this endeavor was an important and significant step in astronomy and our understanding of the cosmos we inhabit.
However, as we all SHOULD know, it is extremely dangerous to look at the sun directly. So how are we supposed to see what will soon become an historical event? There are six easy ways in which we can safely witness the 2012 Transit of Venus, each having its own pros and cons.
Over the coming weeks we will be working on a simple, yet thorough video tutorial that will address this very issue. Check back here to see scraps, drafts, ideas and the general progress of this tutorial as it develops.
Check out the Transit of Venus hub for developments, ideas, and further info: Transitofvenus.org
