This short film rivals the most stunning scenes in Christopher Nolan's recent film "Interstellar." But unlike Nolan's sci-fi blockbuster, "Wanderers" depicts all real locations throughout the solar system where humanity could potentially colonize.
This breathtaking 4-minute video was created by Swedish animator and digital artist Erik Wernquist.
In it, Wernquist displays a future in which humans journey to the planets, moons, and asteroids within our own solar system. This is our real sci-fi future, if we are willing to invest in it.
The images are accompanied by Carl Sagan's narration about the insatiable curiosity that drives humankind to explore other worlds, from his book "Pale Blue Dot."
High above Earth's atmosphere, Wernquist depicts a future spacecraft embarking on a long journey across the solar system, to distant worlds. This image of Earth was taken in 2003 by cameras aboard the International Space Station. The ISS orbits Earth 268 miles above the surface — about 900 times closer than the moon, the only other heavenly body man has ever walked upon.
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot is shown here while an intrepid, future explorer looks upon the storm that has scarred the face of the giant planet for more than 300 years. The original image of Jupiter depicted here was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 satellite in 1979.
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Humans will likely never inhabit Jupiter because it has no solid surface, but that hasn't stopped sci-fi authors like Arthur C. Clarke from envisioning life on the giant gaseous planet in his 1972 novel "A Meeting with Medusa."
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