Seeing in the Dark
2007 · 60 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 47 VOTES · DIR. Nigel Ashcroft
Overview
Stargazing is the subject of Seeing in the Dark, a 60-minute, state-of-the-art, high-definition documentary written, produced and narrated by award-winning filmmaker, journalist and best-selling author Timothy Ferris. The program introduces viewers to the rewards of first person, hands-on astronomy. It is based on Ferris book, Seeing in the Dark (Simon & Schuster, 2002), named by The New York Times as one of the ten best books of the year
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00:00:01 Coming up next on "Seeing In the Dark"...
00:03:01 MAN: To have a telescope and to see
00:04:53 FERRIS: Space and time are kin.
00:07:01 from Cape Canaveral, 200 miles north of us.
00:09:29 we could hear music from far away
00:11:57 FERRIS: Robert retired at age 29
00:14:12 FERRIS: With a telescope this large
00:15:38 That you can really pilot it.
00:17:48 And then, an eyepiece here that magnifies the image.
00:19:27 to see nature beyond the range of everyday human experience.
00:21:50 like the spokes on a wheel.
00:24:05 An amateur astronomer who first records such a light curve
00:26:03 If we lived there and we looked back our way
00:28:25 Soon, having created a bouquet of new stars
00:30:54 "my first intelligent glimpse into astronomy."
00:33:55 Inspired by the photos he saw
00:36:36 loom hundreds of bright galaxies
00:39:19 the imaging system can be tested from a thousand miles away.
00:41:15 reduce it, and do astronomy
00:43:23 5 degrees above the horizon
00:45:02 and it's all this complexity in between.
00:47:16 about the structure of the universe
00:49:53 is to see time.
00:52:57 MAN: Here comes the sun.
Cast & Characters
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Lines indexed1,053
Dialogue density17.6 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line00:52:57
Production Record
DirectorNigel Ashcroft
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes47