ScienceAlert 1 hr · The future of humanity. This Epic Short Film Reveals What Life Will Look Like Once We've Conquered the Solar System If the state of the world is getting you down right now, and all you want to do is escape these Earthly shackles, take comfort in the fact that the brightest minds on… SCIENCEALERT.COM|BY BEC CREW

For more information and stills gallery, please turn to: erikwernquist.com/wanderers For youtube version, please turn here: youtube.com/watch?v=YH3c1QZzRK4 For more information and stills gallery, please turn to: erikwernquist.com/wanderers For youtube version, please turn here: youtube.com/watch?v=YH3c1QZzRK4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH3c1QZzRK4 ----- UPDATE: For anyone interested I have made a clip with a few discarded scenes from this film, which can be seen here: vimeo.com/132183031 ----- Wanderers is a vision of humanity's expansion into the Solar System, based on scientific ideas and concepts of what our future in space might look like, if it ever happens. The locations depicted in the film are digital recreations of actual places in the Solar System, built from real photos and map data where available. Without any apparent story, other than what you may fill in by yourself, the idea of the film is primarily to show a glimpse of the fantastic and beautiful nature that surrounds us on our neighboring worlds - and above all, how it might appear to us if we were there. As some may notice I have borrowed ideas and concepts from science fiction authors such as Kim Stanley Robinson and Arthur C. Clarke, just to name a few. And visually, I of course owe many tips of my hat to painter Chesley Bonestell - the legendary master of space art. More directly, with kind permission from Ann Druyan I have also borrowed the voice of astronomer and author Carl Sagan to narrate the film. The audio I used are excerpts from his own reading of his book 'Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space' (1994, Random House, penguinrandomhouse.com/books/159735/pale-blue-dot-by-carl-sagan/) - needless to say, a huge inspiration for this film. ----- CREDITS: VISUALS BY - Erik Wernquist - erik@erikwernquist.com MUSIC BY - Cristian Sandquist - cristiansandquist@mac.com WRITTEN AND NARRATED BY - Carl Sagan - from his book 'Pale Blue Dot' penguinrandomhouse.com/books/159735/pale-blue-dot-by-carl-sagan/, courtesy of Ann Druyan, copyright by Democritus Properties, LLC, with all rights reserved COLOR GRADE BY - Caj Müller/Beckholmen Film - caj@beckholmenfilm.se LIVE ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY BY - Mikael Hall/Vidiotism - mikael@vidiotism.com LIVE ACTION PERFORMANCE BY - Anna Nerman, Camilla Hammarström, Hanna Mellin VOCALIST - Nina Fylkegård - nina@ladystardust.se THANK YOU - Johan Persson, Calle Herdenberg, Micke Lindgren, Satrio J. Studt, Tomas Axelsson, Christian Lundqvist, Micke Lindell, Sigfrid Söderberg, Fredrik Strage, Johan Antoni, Henrik Johansson, Michael Uvnäs, Hanna Mellin THIS FILM WAS MADE WITH USE OF PHOTOS AND TEXTURES FROM: NASA/JPL, NASA/CICLOPS, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, ESA, John Van Vliet, Björn Jonsson (and many others, of which I unfortunately do not know the names) SUBTITLES & TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED BY - Victor Terrón (English, Spanish), Titus Ou (Traditional Chinese), John Walter (French), Shinwoo Jeon (Korean), Yoav Landsman & Ehud Maimon (Hebrew), Miguel Andrade (Brazilian Portuguese). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH3c1QZzRK4 Wanderers - a short film by Erik Wernquist [Official Version] Erik Wernquist Erik Wernquist Subscribed2,035 Add to Share More 294,152 views 10,391 35 ShareEmbedEmail https://youtu.be/YH3c1QZzRK4 Start at: 3:01 Published on Aug 4, 2015 For more information and stills gallery, please turn to: http://www.erikwernquist.com/wanderers/ For the original vimeo version, please go here: https://vimeo.com/108650530 ----- Wanderers is a vision of humanity's expansion into the Solar System, based on scientific ideas and concepts of what our future in space might look like, if it ever happens. The locations depicted in the film are digital recreations of actual places in the Solar System, built from real photos and map data where available. Without any apparent story, other than what you may fill in by yourself, the idea of the film is primarily to show a glimpse of the fantastic and beautiful nature that surrounds us on our neighboring worlds - and above all, how it might appear to us if we were there. As some may notice I have borrowed ideas and concepts from science fiction authors such as Kim Stanley Robinson and Arthur C. Clarke, just to name a few. And visually, I of course owe many tips of my hat to painter Chesley Bonestell - the legendary master of space art. More directly, with kind permission from Ann Druyan I have also borrowed the voice of astronomer and author Carl Sagan to narrate the film. The audio I used are excerpts from his own reading of his book 'Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space' (1994, Random House, http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/boo...) - needless to say, a huge inspiration for this film. ----- CREDITS: VISUALS BY - Erik Wernquist - erik@erikwernquist.com MUSIC BY - Cristian Sandquist - cristiansandquist@mac.com WRITTEN AND NARRATED BY - Carl Sagan - from his book 'Pale Blue Dot' http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/boo..., courtesy of Ann Druyan, copyright by Democritus Properties, LLC, with all rights reserved COLOR GRADE BY - Caj Müller/Beckholmen Film - caj@beckholmenfilm.se LIVE ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY BY - Mikael Hall/Vidiotism - mikael@vidiotism.com LIVE ACTION PERFORMANCE BY - Anna Nerman, Camilla Hammarström, Hanna Mellin VOCALIST - Nina Fylkegård - nina@ladystardust.se THANK YOU - Johan Persson, Calle Herdenberg, Micke Lindgren, Satrio J. Studt, Tomas Axelsson, Christian Lundqvist, Micke Lindell, Sigfrid Söderberg, Fredrik Strage, Johan Antoni, Henrik Johansson, Michael Uvnäs, Hanna Mellin THIS FILM WAS MADE WITH USE OF PHOTOS AND TEXTURES FROM: NASA/JPL, NASA/CICLOPS, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, ESA, John Van Vliet, Björn Jonsson (and many others, of which I unfortunately do not know the names) SUBTITLES & TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED BY - Victor Terrón (English, Spanish), Titus Ou (Traditional Chinese), John Walter (French), Shinwoo Jeon (Korean), Yoav Landsman & Ehud Maimon (Hebrew), Miguel Andrade (Brazilian Portuguese) Category Film & Animation License Standard YouTube License SHOW LESS COMMENTS • 653 Oscar del Rosario Add a public comment... Top comments Farty Pants Farty Pants4 months ago I'm the only one who cries when I see this? Reply 188 View all 94 replies GrievousDoesNotApprove GrievousDoesNotApprove1 week ago Baba Semka i'm just talking about a mars mission, not colonization. colonization's what elon musk wants to do. Reply Baba Semka Baba Semka1 week ago (edited) Mars missions has been made numerous times looooong time ago, nothing really interesting there, cept for curiosity. Reply LesPaul2006 LesPaul20061 month ago Best. Fucking. Short. Film. Ever. Reply 58 Malakie Usn Malakie Usn2 months ago To dream the ultimate dream.... I was born generations too early.. Reply 20 Jack Churchill Jack Churchill5 days ago Same here! I would love to conquer space. Reply Pana Cotta Pana Cotta2 months ago Too short. So frustrated ! Reply 21 View all 3 replies Pana Cotta Pana Cotta4 days ago (edited) I perfectly understand. This video is just a delightful candy. When you eat one you want to finish the sachet. ^^ Excellent work. Thanks and congrats for them. Reply CyberiusT CyberiusT4 days ago Yeah. That man's passing is right up there with Feynman's as losses I really felt for people I didn't personally know. Reply FEAFi FEAFi6 months ago Millenial born too soon Where to Star Citizen will do Reply 141 View all 10 replies CyberiusT CyberiusT4 days ago +Ole Brumm "when is the game out?" That is a very good question. But you can play the Alpha right now. Reply Havox Aerthis Havox Aerthis3 days ago So we'll have Star Citizen AND Space X or Nasa on Mars, it's not that bad. Reply nordic fatcheese nordic fatcheese2 weeks ago That was beautiful. Reply 7 薛法藍 薛法藍3 months ago 24 viewers think they'd rather stay on Earth. Reply 33 GrievousDoesNotApprove GrievousDoesNotApprove3 months ago 薛法藍 haha Reply Brodiz Brodiz3 months ago It hits me at my core and hurts knowing that I was born too early to stand on the edge and look over another plant like the end show. That smile and wide eyes of wonder, feel me with desire that I can never fulfill. Reply 32 ichstim ichstim1 week ago You could, however, try to set the underlying basis so the next generations can have that desire fulfilled. Reply 1 22Tech 22Tech3 weeks ago this is the coolest friggn thing i've ever seen, NICE JOB! Reply 4 GrievousDoesNotApprove GrievousDoesNotApprove4 weeks ago (edited) it's such a weird feeling knowing that all of this is possible and will most likely happen within the next few centuries (that is, if everything goes right and nothing happens to us before then) Reply 1 Tiago G. Tiago G.3 weeks ago You would be amazed to know what major discoveries will be unlocked within our life time! Reply 2 niffum niffum5 days ago star citizen the movie. Reply Maniac Gaming Maniac Gaming2 weeks ago (edited) This is amazing. Reply 22Tech 22Tech3 weeks ago carl sagan is a babe Reply MLGesus Christ MLGesus Christ2 weeks ago imgur Reply 1 Leopardipzg Leopardipzg2 months ago I was the like number 7399. Reply FAULT LINE FAULT LINE2 weeks ago This is what Destiny should be like. That, and some shooty bits too. Reply 2 Guardian Down Guardian Down2 weeks ago FAULT LINE My thought exactly Reply Eddy Cusani Eddy Cusani2 months ago visually stunning and incredible. Reply 2 Jack Churchill Jack Churchill5 days ago That vision is the reason why I always wanted to be immortal. Reply Hans Yolo Hans Yolo4 months ago What place in our system is that? 2:14 Reply 1 View all 4 replies Moazzam Abdullah Khan Moazzam Abdullah Khan3 months ago It's the inside of an O'neill cylinder. Basically a spaceship that can house a town or a city. Reply 5 Paulo Coelho Paulo Coelho2 months ago More specifically, it's an Asteroid Terrarium, "an artificially created ecosystem living in the cylindrically shaped hollow interior of an asteroid", as described in the hard science fiction novel 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrarium_(space_habitat) Read more Reply Johannes Olsson Johannes Olsson2 days ago Beautiful! and I love Carl Sagan thank you for this! Reply Show more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH3c1QZzRK4