UrtheView Competition Announces Its First Grand Prize Winner (VIDEO)
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
by Theras Wood Remember that oh-so picturesque footage we posted of hot air balloons floating over the Canadian countryside? If not:
Videos
‘Continuum’ Documents Humanity’s Struggle With Earth (VIDEO)
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
by Theras Wood If a future civilization were to begin flipping through our history (e)books, how would they interpret our society’s treatment of the Earth? Would they regard us with scorn? Perhaps they’d laud us for our stalwart self-interest.
(VIDEO) WWF’s Earth Hour: We Will, If You Will
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
by Theras Wood Concern for the future of the world is something each generation grapples with, in its own way. For the last six years, Earth Hour has been amplifying those concerned voices by ‘uniting the world to protect the planet.’ Organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Earth Hour encourages businesses and individuals to flick offRead more…
(VIDEO) NYC Flyby Wins Latest UrtheView Competition
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
by Theras Wood Perched inside a Piper Archer N43171 plane, Shlomo Rotberg and a friend — with a freshly-minted Private Pilot’s License — headed out for a day of cruising around the New York City skyline.
How UrtheCast User Research Led To Charity
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
As you may already know, the UrtheCast Web Platform is currently being developed in our San Francisco office, in the heart of California’s bursting tech scene. Our web engineering team is hard at work, taking the satellite imagery that our cameras will be capturing and “turning that into a web experience that lets users exploreRead more…
Riding A Russian Rocket: Chris Hadfield’s Soyuz Experience (VIDEO)
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
by Theras Wood The photographers’ cameras have long stopped flashing, and you’re all strapped in. Forget ‘space celebrity’, you’re the childhood hero of an entire generation. But none of that matters here in the bowels of the Russian Soyuz TMA spacecraft. Here, you’re just a woman or man headed to space, with scores of trainingRead more…
Overview Effect: The Staggering ‘Awe’ Of Earth Seen From Space [VIDEO]
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
by Theras Wood Take it from an astronaut: when you “look at the Earth for the first time, you’re overwhelmed by how much more beautiful it really is,” says Nicole Stott, Shuttle and ISS Astronaut, in Overview. Last year marked the 40th launch anniversary of Apollo’s last lunar mission, whose crew snapped the iconic — and everRead more…
Best of 2012: UrtheCast Update & Vancouver View [VIDEO]
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
If you could time-lapse UrtheCast’s highlights from the past year and speed it up to fit in the span of, say, 60 seconds, it would make us all a little dizzy. Yes, UrtheCast met many milestones in 2013 and as we march into 2013, things are looking just as promising. With that promise, of course, comesRead more…
Hot Air Balloon Video Nabs First UrtheView Win
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
by Theras Wood We all see the world differently, don’t we. We all have different vantage points. Different takes on things. And there are so many features of this fascinating planet — cultures, cities, remote vistas — that we may never have the chance to experience. Until someone video records them from the air,Read more…
Earth Eyes On Mars = A Curious Weekend
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
by Theras Wood Something unusual surrounded the successful landing of Curiosity on Mars — and it happened right here on Earth.
