Frozen Spheres In Space

Frozen a 12 minute narrated film premieres at science centers and museums march 27.

Frozen spheres in space. Where the world stays cold over time liquid water freezes. According to wikipedia earth is the third planet from the sun the densest planet in the solar system the largest of the solar system s four terrestrial planets and the only astronomical object known to harbor life according to radiometric dating and other sources of evidence earth formed about 4 54 billion years ago. A method of forming hollow glass spheres s shaped by the effects of surface tension acting on bubbles of glass in its molten state.

Nasa operates a sophisticated fleet of spacecraft that make global measurements of ice and snow in remote and treacherous locations not easily accessible to scientists on the ground. Many objects in the kuiper belt are made of ice rock frozen methane and ammonia. The belt extends out from the sun at a distance of 30 to 55 astronomical units.

All four spheres can be and often are present in a single location. The best known of the larger kuiper belt objects is the dwarf planet pluto. Nasa s goddard space flight center in greenbelt md produced the film for the science on a sphere projection system a fully spherical video technology developed by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration.

Hydrosphere in space some scientists believe a hydrosphere exists on europa a moon of jupiter that consists of a frozen outer layer and a giant liquid ocean underneath it. Washington nasa has created a unique spherical movie about earth s changing ice and snow cover as captured by nasa spacecraft. Earth gravitationally interacts with other objects in space.

Ice covers about 20 percent of the earth s surface and plays a major role in the world s climate. Additionally there will be elements of the hydrosphere present as moisture within the soil the biosphere as insects and plants and even the atmosphere as pockets of air between soil pieces. Fill each well to the desired weight.

It is a vast area containing leftovers from the formation of the solar system that continue to orbit the sun. The six foot spheres are installed in more than 30 locations around the world. Turning in space the sphere becomes a portal onto a virtual planet complete with churning swirling depictions of huge natural forces moving below.