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David and the Pale Blue Dot
A few months back I received an email from a friend of a friend. It contained a link to a YouTube video that had generated more than two million views. When I clicked play the content was immediately familiar to me. Astronomer Carl Sagan was reciting his famous ode to the “Pale Blue Dot.”
During a lecture at Cornell University in 1994, Sagan reflected on the philosophical implications of a picture
How Many Stars?
In 1982, I saw a short film that offered a well-reasoned attempt to answer a timeless question: How many stars are there in the universe? It was fascinating and unforgettable. I remember thinking that someday I’d like to make a film like that. Thirty-six years later someday finally arrived.
During the past six weeks, Jerry Harned and I have been working on a new five-minute video. In it we try to calculate the star population of the
God and the Astronomer
Astronomers now find they have painted themselves into a corner because they have proven, by their own methods, that the universe began abruptly in an act of creation. ~ Robert Jastrow
There are a lot of things to like about filmmaking, including the people you meet and the places you sometimes get to go. This month’s John 10:10 Project featured film grew out of two memorable experiences Jerry Harned and I had in