Reid Gower
Reid Gower is a Canadian philosophy undergrad taking time off to explore science and media. Subsequently, Reid has developed NASA: The Sagan Series to promote the beauty in scientific values, based on the writings of American Astrophysicist Carl Sagan. Reid was inspired by NASA‘s inability to promote and advertise itself and, in large, by Michael Marantz‘s Earth: The Pale Blue Dot. After obtaining Michael’s permission to use Carl Sagan‘s voice, Reid has gone on to produce 7 chapters of the Sagan Series.
Shot over a six-month period, the globe-spanning footage in "Natural Phenomena" captures the majesty of rolling clouds, wandering stars and dazzling aurorae.
Filmmaker Reid Gower posted his completed time lapse, which features diverse locations like San Francisco, Las Vegas and Istanbul, to Reddit on Monday, where it rose to the top of the social news site's main video forum.
"Skyscrapers and spacecraft may seem unnatural, but they're just as much a part of the natural order as beaver dams and bird nests," Gower wrote in his Vimeo description of the video.
Some users on Reddit wondered about the video's amazing final shot, an astounding panorama taken from the edge of space. Gower explained that the shot was taken during an expedition to Alaska, in which he loaded a GoPro camera inside a thermal lunchbox and attached it and a GPS to a weather balloon.
Gower said that he filmed the time lapse-footage while travelling over the summer. "I only decided to shoot timelapse on a whim," he wrote on Reddit. "I had no experience or direction, [and was] just having fun and hoping I could weave something entertaining together."
Reid completely understands how to speak to grade 9s or 10s so they would get his passion and why science really is cool. He has done several talks already and customizes based the audience and he liked the idea of this project because he learned to love science after he finished high school. He would like to be a catalyst to see more interest in science. And science literacy -- how do students find the truth about a scientific issue. In the age of communication, you can find something to support any idea or belief.
He knows that science is integral in all we do. He believes that while it is hard to define what the result of studying science will be, it is sure that scientific research will make an impact in our lifetime … whether in healthcare delivery, space and space travel, social media and it’s scientific future, genetic issues, photography, new emerging technology (what’s possible) or other types of sciences including agriculture, environment but viewing it through how social media can impact it. One of his analogies is the result of interest in science and space after the 1960s space program in the USA. If there was a project making a difference like that now, students would embrace sciences even more.
Reid Gower is a Canadian philosophy undergrad taking time off to explore science and media. Subsequently, Reid has developed NASA: The Sagan Series to promote the beauty in scientific values, based on the writings of American Astrophysicist Carl Sagan. Reid was inspired by NASA‘s inability to promote and advertise itself and, in large, by Michael Marantz‘s Earth: The Pale Blue Dot. After obtaining Michael’s permission to use Carl Sagan‘s voice, Reid has gone on to produce 7 chapters of the Sagan Series.
Shot over a six-month period, the globe-spanning footage in "Natural Phenomena" captures the majesty of rolling clouds, wandering stars and dazzling aurorae.
Filmmaker Reid Gower posted his completed time lapse, which features diverse locations like San Francisco, Las Vegas and Istanbul, to Reddit on Monday, where it rose to the top of the social news site's main video forum.
"Skyscrapers and spacecraft may seem unnatural, but they're just as much a part of the natural order as beaver dams and bird nests," Gower wrote in his Vimeo description of the video.
Some users on Reddit wondered about the video's amazing final shot, an astounding panorama taken from the edge of space. Gower explained that the shot was taken during an expedition to Alaska, in which he loaded a GoPro camera inside a thermal lunchbox and attached it and a GPS to a weather balloon.
Gower said that he filmed the time lapse-footage while travelling over the summer. "I only decided to shoot timelapse on a whim," he wrote on Reddit. "I had no experience or direction, [and was] just having fun and hoping I could weave something entertaining together."
Reid completely understands how to speak to grade 9s or 10s so they would get his passion and why science really is cool. He has done several talks already and customizes based the audience and he liked the idea of this project because he learned to love science after he finished high school. He would like to be a catalyst to see more interest in science. And science literacy -- how do students find the truth about a scientific issue. In the age of communication, you can find something to support any idea or belief.
He knows that science is integral in all we do. He believes that while it is hard to define what the result of studying science will be, it is sure that scientific research will make an impact in our lifetime … whether in healthcare delivery, space and space travel, social media and it’s scientific future, genetic issues, photography, new emerging technology (what’s possible) or other types of sciences including agriculture, environment but viewing it through how social media can impact it. One of his analogies is the result of interest in science and space after the 1960s space program in the USA. If there was a project making a difference like that now, students would embrace sciences even more.
