The valley wakes
Sunlight reaches the mountain ridges.
Space / 001
Beyond Earth.
A whole solar system waiting beyond home.
Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Moon
Mars
Ceres
Jupiter
Io
Europa
Saturn
Titan
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
- SunStar
- MercuryPlanet
- VenusPlanet
- EarthPlanet
- MoonEarth’s moon
- MarsPlanet
- CeresDwarf planet
- JupiterPlanet
- IoJupiter’s moon
- EuropaJupiter’s moon
- SaturnPlanet
- TitanSaturn’s moon
- UranusPlanet
- NeptunePlanet
- PlutoDwarf planet
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Earth
Before the journey.
Follow the river
The river draws a route through the forest.
Waterfall in the distance
A bright waterfall marks the valley ahead.
Earth
A place to begin.
The approach road
A road reaches the clearing beneath the mountains.
The ground takes shape
The pad foundation emerges from the clearing.
A station takes shape
The first station modules settle into place.
Earth
Built for beyond.
The station comes together
The station, access road and pad form one place.
The gantry rises
The service gantry lifts above the valley.
The rocket is revealed
A rocket stands ready at the centre of the pad.
Earth
Leave the familiar.
At the foot of the rocket
A closer view establishes the rocket against the pad.
Ignition
Amber light gathers under the engines.
Liftoff
The rocket clears the gantry and climbs.
Earth
The sky opens.
Through the clouds
Clouds slide beneath the ascending camera.
The curve of home
A blue horizon curves away below.
Beyond the atmosphere
The sky deepens and the first stars return.
Moon / Passage
Earth → Moon
Home falls below
Home falls below
Across the blue limb
Across the blue limb
The grey horizon
The grey horizon
Moon
Earth–Moon orbit.
Across the lunar limb
Sunlight traces the scarred edge of the Moon.
Earth beyond
A blue-green Earth hangs over the grey foreground.
Moon
Earthrise Rim.
The broad lunar ridge
The camera descends across the grey terraces.
A refuge on the rim
The refuge and parked rocket give the ridge its scale.
Moon
A light on the rim.
The familiar silhouette
White and grey modules stand beneath the same Earth.
The amber entrance
A warm entrance opens at the end of the approach.
Moon
Inside the refuge.
Across the airlock
The exterior gives way to the refuge interior.
Earth through the window
The window keeps the distant Earth in view.
Moon
Beneath the rim.
The lava-tube entrance
A dark opening interrupts the bright lunar surface.
Down into the stone
The path descends between ancient rock walls.
Moon
Light from above.
The chamber opens
The narrow descent opens into a larger chamber.
A shaft of daylight
A break in the ceiling carries daylight underground.
Mars / Passage
Moon → Mars
The grey world recedes
The grey world recedes
From silver to rust
From silver to rust
Mars ahead
Mars ahead
Mars
Another horizon.
The red limb
Rust-red terraces curve into the dark.
Canyons from orbit
Great cuts in the surface lead toward the descent.
Mars
A world in rust.
The basalt spire
A dark spire rises above the canyon walls.
The far shelf
A small station sits beneath the notched mesa.
Mars
Redhaven.
A place on the ledge
The white modules draw closer above the canyon.
The greenhouse threshold
A dark greenhouse interrupts the warm station lights.
Mars
Green beneath the glass.
Between the growing rows
Rows of green lead through the greenhouse.
The red world outside
Glass separates the living interior from the red landscape.
Mars
A warm room, far away.
Inside Redhaven
The station opens into a quiet, warm interior.
The canyon window
The canyon remains visible beyond the shelter.
Mars
Below the canyon.
A passage in the wall
A cave passage leaves the bright canyon behind.
The hidden chamber
The passage widens into a sheltered underground space.
Ceres / Passage
Mars → Ceres
Leave the red horizon
Leave the red horizon
Between the passing stones
Between the passing stones
Ceres in the belt
Ceres in the belt
Ceres
Belt arrival
Near asteroid arch
Near asteroid arch
Closer to Ceres
Closer to Ceres
The bright craters
The bright craters
Ceres
White Basin
Broken foreground ridge
Broken foreground ridge
Across the mineral channels
Across the mineral channels
The cave threshold
The cave threshold
Ceres
Mineral Hollow
Mineral-veined pillars
Mineral-veined pillars
Veins in the stone
Veins in the stone
The basin beyond
The basin beyond
Jupiter / Passage
Ceres → Jupiter
Beyond the belt
Beyond the belt
A giant grows ahead
A giant grows ahead
Under Jupiter’s light
Under Jupiter’s light
Jupiter
Cloud kingdom
Sunlit curved limb
Sunlit curved limb
Above the banded horizon
Above the banded horizon
The red storm approaches
The red storm approaches
Jupiter
The belts
Ivory cloud escarpment
Ivory cloud escarpment
Through the rust belt
Through the rust belt
The curling cloud wall
The curling cloud wall
Jupiter
Eye of the giant
Near pale cloud bank
Near pale cloud bank
At the red eye
At the red eye
Beyond the great storm
Beyond the great storm
Io / Passage
Jupiter → Io
Along the giant’s edge
Along the giant’s edge
Gold against the cloud bands
Gold against the cloud bands
Io draws near
Io draws near
Io
Sulfur moon
Jupiter beyond
Jupiter beyond
Along the plume horizon
Along the plume horizon
The dark caldera below
The dark caldera below
Io
Sulfur caldera
Basalt ledge
Basalt ledge
At the lava rim
At the lava rim
Between the sulfur towers
Between the sulfur towers
Io
Fire against Jupiter
Basalt canyon lip
Basalt canyon lip
Following the molten seam
Following the molten seam
Under the plume
Under the plume
Europa / Passage
Io → Europa
Leave the golden world
Leave the golden world
Fire gives way to ice
Fire gives way to ice
Europa’s pale edge
Europa’s pale edge
Europa
Fractured world
Jupiter beyond
Jupiter beyond
Tracing the crossed ridges
Tracing the crossed ridges
The blue edge opens
The blue edge opens
Europa
The long fracture
Broken ice foreground
Broken ice foreground
Over the fissure lip
Over the fissure lip
Through the leaning slabs
Through the leaning slabs
Europa
Blue silence
Translucent blue wall
Translucent blue wall
Inside the blue walls
Inside the blue walls
Emerging into the ice plain
Emerging into the ice plain
Saturn / Passage
Europa → Saturn
The ice falls behind
The ice falls behind
The rings resolve
The rings resolve
Saturn across the dark
Saturn across the dark
Saturn
The ringed world
Near ring particles
Near ring particles
Across the dark division
Across the dark division
The golden cloud face
The golden cloud face
Saturn
Between the rings
Near ice chunks
Near ice chunks
Inside the ring corridor
Inside the ring corridor
Above the far ring sheet
Above the far ring sheet
Saturn
Titan beyond
Saturn limb
Saturn limb
Leaving the rings
Leaving the rings
Titan fills the view
Titan fills the view
Titan / Passage
Saturn → Titan
Beneath the ring plane
Beneath the ring plane
An amber world ahead
An amber world ahead
Into Titan’s haze
Into Titan’s haze
Titan
Amber arrival
Saturn above haze
Saturn above haze
At the amber limb
At the amber limb
Through the cloud opening
Through the cloud opening
Titan
Dunes in the haze
Dark foreground ridge
Dark foreground ridge
Between the dune rows
Between the dune rows
The first dark inlet
The first dark inlet
Titan
The dark sea
Charcoal cobble shore
Charcoal cobble shore
At the shoreline
At the shoreline
Beyond the headland
Beyond the headland
Uranus / Passage
Titan → Uranus
Out of the amber
Out of the amber
A colder light
A colder light
Uranus turns into view
Uranus turns into view
Uranus
The Pale Pole
Pale polar cap
Pale polar cap
High cloud braid
High cloud braid
Tilted ring arc
Tilted ring arc
Uranus
The Ring Plane
Granular ring edge
Granular ring edge
The dark lane
The dark lane
Cyan atmospheric limb
Cyan atmospheric limb
Uranus
The Pale Crescent
Last ring silhouette
Last ring silhouette
Polar hook
Polar hook
Pale crescent
Pale crescent
Neptune / Passage
Uranus → Neptune
Beyond the tilted rings
Beyond the tilted rings
Pale blue to deep blue
Pale blue to deep blue
Neptune’s horizon
Neptune’s horizon
Neptune
Clouds at the Edge
White cloud ridge
White cloud ridge
Braided jetstream
Braided jetstream
Distant storm eye
Distant storm eye
Neptune
The Cobalt Storm
Bright storm wall
Bright storm wall
Cobalt vortex
Cobalt vortex
Trailing white cloud
Trailing white cloud
Neptune
Blue Into Black
Last white ribbon
Last white ribbon
Blue crescent
Blue crescent
Faint outer ring
Faint outer ring
Pluto / Passage
Neptune → Pluto
The blue giant recedes
The blue giant recedes
The wide dark
The wide dark
A small pale world
A small pale world
Pluto
The Frozen Valley
Water-ice mountains
Water-ice mountains
Pale glacial plain
Pale glacial plain
The far shadow notch
The far shadow notch
Pluto
The Ice Fissure
Fractured ice overhang
Fractured ice overhang
The deep cleft
The deep cleft
Sunlit ice buttress
Sunlit ice buttress
Pluto
The Remote Overlook
Remote overlook ledge
Remote overlook ledge
Glacier and fissure
Glacier and fissure
The remote ice horizon
The remote ice horizon
Mercury / Passage
Pluto → Mercury
Turn toward the light
Turn toward the light
Across the open system
Across the open system
A sunlit cratered edge
A sunlit cratered edge
Mercury
The Crater Sea
Terraced crater bowl
Terraced crater bowl
Broken central peak
Broken central peak
Far ejecta ridge
Far ejecta ridge
Mercury
Terraces of Shadow
Sunlit upper rim
Sunlit upper rim
Shadow terraces
Shadow terraces
Peak in darkness
Peak in darkness
Mercury
The Solar Escarpment
Escarpment edge
Escarpment edge
Long fault wall
Long fault wall
Solar-lit crater rim
Solar-lit crater rim
Sun / Passage
Mercury → Sun
Leave the long shadows
Leave the long shadows
Light fills the passage
Light fills the passage
The living solar edge
The living solar edge
Sun
The Corona
Granular photosphere
Granular photosphere
Sunspot cluster
Sunspot cluster
Golden corona streamer
Golden corona streamer
Sun
The Prominence
Bright footpoint
Bright footpoint
Prominence arch
Prominence arch
Descending plasma braid
Descending plasma braid
Sun
The Great Loop
Sunspot island
Sunspot island
Inner prominence
Inner prominence
The great coronal loop
The great coronal loop
Venus / Passage
Sun → Venus
Withdraw from the fire
Withdraw from the fire
Gold through the dark
Gold through the dark
Venus in amber
Venus in amber
Venus
The Golden Atmosphere
Cream cloud wall
Cream cloud wall
Amber cloud corridor
Amber cloud corridor
First mountain summit
First mountain summit
Venus
The Hidden Mountains
Broken basalt shoulder
Broken basalt shoulder
Ancient summit caldera
Ancient summit caldera
The amber saddle
The amber saddle
Venus
Basalt Under Gold
Basalt crest
Basalt crest
Ancient lava channel
Ancient lava channel
Cloudbound cliff
Cloudbound cliff
Homecoming / Passage
Venus → Homecoming
Beyond the golden clouds
Beyond the golden clouds
The familiar blue returns
The familiar blue returns
Home beneath the clouds
Home beneath the clouds
Homecoming
A familiar blue.
The coast comes into view
Blue water meets the familiar coastline.
Back through the clouds
Cloud layers separate as the camera descends.
The valley below
The valley appears beneath the thinning cloud.
Homecoming
Home, with a wider sky.
The familiar valley
The river and mountains return.
The station still stands
The station built at the beginning remains in the valley.
The journey comes home
The camera rests beneath the open sky.