Inside the Milky Way

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Call Number: DVD 523.1 In
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Originally broadcast on television in 2010.
Reg E. Cathey, narrator.
Embark on an astounding journey across 100,000 light-years to witness key moments in the history of the Milky Way. Using cutting-edge science, National Geographic constructs a 3-D state-of-the-art CGI model of the galaxy. Peer into the heart of the Milky Way on the hunt for super-massive black holes, watch how stars are born and die, fly out and above the plane of the galaxy to understand its true shape, and scour its dusty spiral arms for the possibility of life.
DVD, widescreen.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

The Milky Way and More submitted by vk on June 8, 2011, 6:54am This DVD contains two videos: the 90-min spectacular aforementioned journey "Inside the Milky Way", which includes some early universe, first star, first galaxy formation, and dark matter simulations as well; and a shorter bonus video on "Killer Asteroids", which is taken from the National Geographic series, Naked Science.

It is truly remarkable that we have uncovered as much of the Milky Way as we have by painstakingly analyzing what we can see from our earthly vantage point. Highly recommended.

Very interesting! submitted by Margaretta on July 25, 2011, 12:06pm Very interesting!

Wonderfully Done submitted by amy on July 21, 2012, 3:37pm This is wonderfully produced video with breathtaking visuals, not only of the astonishing images captured by the Hubble telescope, but of animated sequences that literally pick up and transport the earth to various locations within the Milky Way to illustrate what the sky would look like and what our experience would be from that vantage point, e.g. close to a globular cluster, a planetary nebula, or the Andromeda Galaxy. This is a clever and effective way of bringing home both the beauty and the power of these celestial objects/events. It's a rare video that can successfully translate mind-boggling science for a general audience, but this one does a great job. The narrator is a little melodramatic, but overall this video doesn't suffer from the hyper-kinetic visuals that mar many astronomy-themed videos.

good submitted by .-.-.-. on July 15, 2020, 8:37am Very good DVD. Explained everything anyone could need to know about the Milky Way, and explained it very well! If you like astronomy, then this is a must watch.

Inside the Milky Way submitted by maywang on July 11, 2021, 8:03pm Inside the Milky Way

Great Info submitted by desuka81 on August 2, 2021, 4:23pm Something awesome about the milky way