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> The planets also are very close to each other. If a person was standing on one of the planet’s surface, they could gaze up and potentially see geological features or clouds of neighboring worlds, which would sometimes appear larger than the moon in Earth's sky.

this reminds me of one my favorite films ever. it is just four minutes long

http://www.erikwernquist.com/wanderers/

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Have you seen Reid Gower's Sagan Series?

http://saganseries.com

It similarly combines HD cinematography with Carl Sagan's narration. It's not CG like this, but the overall quality is extremely high (at least after the first chapter).

If you liked this, you'll probably also like MelodySheep's Symphony of Science series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc

This brought me to tears, literally... There is a beauty to the words that is hard to describe other than to say it gives "meaning" (for lack of a better word) to life on this rock.

Another good video is Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PN5JJDh78I&feature=youtu.be

It reminded me of the end (spoiled by the poster, of course) of the (somewhat obscure) NZ sci-fi flick "The Quiet Earth":

https://assets.mubi.com/images/film/14662/image-w856.jpg?144...

Wanderers is indeed excellent.

See also: the timelapse footage of the sky from the VLT, Paranal. Just thinking about it gives me vertigo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFpeM3fxJoQ

I just watched this twice. It made me smile, hopeful, and happy. Thank you.

It reminds me of Land and Overland by Bob Shaw:

"The setting for the trilogy is a pair of planets, Land and Overland, which orbit about a common centre of gravity, close enough to each other that they share a common atmosphere."

They don't share a common atmosphere, but I guess the delta required for interplanetary transfer is really low.

I watched this 10 times in a row. It gave me shivers every time...

Thank you, this is truly amazing. For all the people interested in any way in space - watch this :)

Thank you for this. Awesome.

It actually reminded me of Rick and Morty Season 2 last episode.

That was amazing

Wonderful and inspiring. I loved the narration from Carl Sagan. One of the greatest.

I was very stressed and watching this calm me down. Thanks

I get a little choked up every time I watch this.

I was very skeptical but pleasantly surprised.

Reminds me of the movie Melancholia.

Great film!

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