How do constellations influence us nowadays? We begin our trip in Easter Island in Polynesia, in order to find out how the Pleiades Constellation marks the calendar for the people in Easter Island, then we will continue to the Strait of Magellan in Chile, to discover how the Southern Cross served as a guide to ancient sailors. We shall watch the operations of the largest telescope in the world at Paranal in the North of Chile, and nearby, in Chiu Chiu, we’ll delve into the vision of Andean cultures regarding constellations such as the Chacana. Finally, we meet two youngsters at Combarbalá who managed to save the Cruz del Sur astro-tourism observatory from dust pollution, thanks to their creativity.
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Chapters
▷ 0:00 - Intro
▷ 02:20 - The Southern Cross | Children of the Stars (6/10)
▷ 48:45 - Credits
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Children of the Stars is a voyage through the history of the people of America and their vision of the sky, since the earliest civilizations until the present. In this crossing between the future and the past, this series travels through Latin America to discover the secrets of ancient temples devoted to stars in the Universe and to visit the world’s largest astronomical observatories with their cutting-edge technology, along with outstanding scientists. This trip will show us how the cosmos inspired, and continues to inspire, humanity and the arts.
To know the Universe is to know ourselves. Because the calcium in our bones and the iron in our blood came to us through the explosion of a star, thousands of years ago. Because we are all Sons of the Stars.
Original Title - Children of the Stars - The Southern Cross
A film by Gonzalo Argandoña Lazo
© 2014, Licensed by 3boxmedia
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