A Candid Look at NASA's "Living Planet"

Creating a major scientific visualization takes considerable time and expertise. A team of scientists and data visualizers work together to building an artful depiction of hard data - whether it be an animation of sea surface temperature, the paths of hurricanes, or life on Planet Earth. Get a closer look at how the "Living Planet" visualization was made from the perspective of its principle scientists, Gene Feldman and Compton Tucker and SVS data visualizer, Alex Kekesi. Music: Marimba Rhythms by Andrew Hamilton Complete transcript available. This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12858 Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/LK Ward If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/NASAExplorer Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/ · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard/ · Google+ http://plus.google.com/+NASAGoddard/posts