Star Stuff
In the world's most remote observatories, scientists and local communities alike look to the sky - searching for where we come from. This film journeys to three of the world's most powerful astronomic…
Star Stuff
In the world's most remote observatories, scientists and local communities alike look to the sky - searching for where we come from. This film journeys to three of the world's most powerful astronomical observatories, located in remote corners of the planet: the Atacama Desert in Chile, the Grand Karoo in South Africa, and La Palma island in the Atlantic Ocean. These high-tech outposts have enabled ground-breaking discoveries about the origins of the universe and life on Earth. Nearby, indigenous communities - farmers, fishers, and shepherds - live in deep connection with the same landscapes. Though worlds apart in method and perspective, both scientists and local people share a profound relationship with the sky. Through their contrasting yet equally meaningful ways of observing the cosmos, the film invites us to look upward - toward the stars we come from.
Star Stuff
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In the world's most remote observatories, scientists and local communities alike look to the sky - searching for where we come from. This film journeys to three of the world's most powerful astronomical observatories, located in remote corners of the planet: the Atacama Desert in Chile, the Grand Karoo in South Africa, and La Palma island in the Atlantic Ocean. These high-tech outposts have enabled ground-breaking discoveries about the origins of the universe and life on Earth.
Nearby, indigenous communities - farmers, fishers, and shepherds - live in deep connection with the same landscapes. Though worlds apart in method and perspective, both scientists and local people share a profound relationship with the sky. Through their contrasting yet equally meaningful ways of observing the cosmos, the film invites us to look upward - toward the stars we come from..