Re: Voyager Animations?

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, cfleon@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

With the recent 30th anniversary of the Voyager launches, I have been
trying to find the NASA animations that were used during the flybys. I
especially want to find the full 4-planet one of V2. I can't find
these at the NASA or JPL sites. Does anyone know if any NASA
animations (especially, but not limited to, Voyager) are available for
download on the Internet, and where?

For low-resolution versions, try these:

<http://video.google.com/videosearch?num=50&hl=en&hs=MGt&q=+james+blinn+voyager&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv>

You may also be interested in reading Jim Blinn's commentary on creating the Voyager animations:

<https://research.microsoft.com/users/blinn/FLYBY.HTM>
<https://research.microsoft.com/users/blinn/CHITING.HTM>

According to Wikipedia, Ivan Sutherland once said, "There are about a dozen great computer graphics people, and Jim Blinn is six of them."

Rummage around the Web and you can probably find DVDs or videotapes that include these clips. Or contact JPL's public information office.

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