See Dramatic Supernova Close-Up In 'Wonders Of The Universe' (VIDEO)

Design company Burrell Durrant Hifle has posted a 15-minute video showcasing stunning animation sequences from the miniseries "Wonders of the Universe," which recently aired on the BBC.

The short, titled "Cosmological Fantasia," features a particularly thrilling close-up of a supernova. Waves of multicolored radiation envelope the viewer as the star explodes in a brilliantly terrifying display that Discover Magazine praises for its accuracy.

The video also takes the viewer on a slightly more peaceful tour of some wondrous sights throughout our universe, like the Crab Nebula and the Milky Way Galaxy. There are of course, some surprising detours along the way.

Accompanied by Timo Baker's dramatic score, this is one exciting ride through the cosmos.

See for yourself (below).

WATCH: [via Roger Ebert's Journal]

A Cosmological Fantasia from BDH - Burrell Durrant Hifle on Vimeo.

Comments

[moutonnoir]

11:39 AM on 04/11/2011

i was not into the music, and had to turn it off..

[cvbnm67]

01:59 AM on 04/09/2011

Beautiful.

[inthedesert]

06:08 PM on 04/08/2011

where's my dope?

[squat6971]

09:31 AM on 04/08/2011

Neither particularly dramatic nor terrifying, CGI-fest.

Meh

[Ed Kramer]

09:29 AM on 04/08/2011

Beautiful, but what are we seeing here? Mostly CGI? Maybe some images of the Sun's surface? Was that the Earth falling into the Sun? I must have slept through that. I find the real images on APOD.com REALLY fascinating.

[jasonedward]

07:09 PM on 04/07/2011

Fantastic! I really enjoyed the pulsars, the transition of a star to red dwarf, and the exhaust jets and gravitational pulling of the black hole in the end.

Really well done!!!

[TYRANNASAURUS]

10:35 AM on 04/07/2011

See Dramatic Supernova Close-Up In 'Wonders Of The Universe'.........

Excellent.....thanks.

[darth geekboy]

03:20 AM on 04/07/2011

ummmm......why do we hear rumblings in the background? why have sound effects at all?

[FanaticRealist]

06:09 AM on 04/07/2011

It's a perception thing.

Obviously there is no sound in a vacuum, but we're conditioned by Hollywood (e.g. explosion of the Death Star, Krypton, the Nostromo in Alien) to expect an aural sensation to go with the spectacular visuals.

There is also an eye to how these things play when they're on DVD/Blu-Ray: when you've paid a reasonable amount of money for your Blu-Ray player and your home cinema amp that will do DTS-HD Master Audio, there's a feeling that you'd be disappointed if all you got was the visual with the orchestral soundtrack.

And then there's the effects house which just wants to play with all their fabulous toys.

[TYRANNASAURUS]

10:40 AM on 04/07/2011

Even though there's no sound in the vacuum of space..... without a musical background most people would not watch this in silence more than 20 seconds and would miss the wonders in the cosmos..... at least it's a musical backup rather an explosion filled space-a-rama.