{"id":244653,"date":"2010-01-28T13:21:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T18:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/discoblog\/?p=6282"},"modified":"2010-01-28T13:21:26","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T18:21:26","slug":"how-did-nasa-get-to-carnegie-hall-photograph-photograph-photograph-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/244653","title":{"rendered":"How Did NASA Get to Carnegie Hall? Photograph, Photograph, Photograph | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, New York&#8217;s splendid Carnegie Hall will not only resound with beautiful music, it will glow with unearthly images.<\/p>\n<p>A performance of the orchestral suite <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Planets\"><em>The Planets<\/em><\/a>, by the English composer Gustav Holst, will be accompanied by a new video put together in cooperation with NASA&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/\">Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/a> and featuring the latest high-definition planetary images. The suite contains seven movements that correspond to seven planets: Earth isn&#8217;t included, and the disputed planet Pluto hadn&#8217;t been discovered when Holst finished the piece in 1916. As for the images, they come from missions like the Mars rover explorations, the Cassini-Huygens investigations of Saturn, Galileo&#8217;s trip to Jupiter, and the epic Voyager 1 and 2 treks across the solar system.<\/p>\n<p>Maestro Hans Graf of the Houston Symphony explains the origins of <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.carnegiehall.org\/article\/box_office\/events\/evt_13319.html?selecteddate=01282010\"><em>The Planets: An HD Odyssey<\/em><\/a> in this video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embeddedvideo\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/N6GIFUjz6R0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Holst was inspired not by the astronomical wonders seen through a telescope, but rather by the astrological clap-trap of horoscopes and star signs. Still, as long as we get to swoop over panoramas of Mars in high-definition, we&#8217;ll forgive the composer his quirks.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.carnegiehall.org\/article\/box_office\/events\/evt_13319.html?selecteddate=01282010\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Related Content:<br \/>\nDiscoblog: <strong><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/discoblog\/2010\/01\/26\/trippy-lunar-opera-haydn-at-the-hayden-planetarium\/\">Trippy Lunar Opera: Haydn at the Hayden Planetarium<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/mrQdA9-M96p6qM4OW473obRtAO8\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/mrQdA9-M96p6qM4OW473obRtAO8\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap><\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/mrQdA9-M96p6qM4OW473obRtAO8\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/mrQdA9-M96p6qM4OW473obRtAO8\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/DiscoverMag\/~4\/-YUdypuF1zw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, New York&#8217;s splendid Carnegie Hall will not only resound with beautiful music, it will glow with unearthly images. 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