As viewed and filmed by astronauts on the space shuttle, this is the Planet Earth a few have seen before. One hour of visual space scenery, coupled with eight separate one hour soundtacks of the world's most treasured clas... more »sical music. Choose your favorite classics for this trip around the world.« less
"Absolutely the most stunning picture I have ever seen, and the music is a well recorded added bonus. This is the disc that I will be using to show off my system, and whenever I just want a truly fabulous picture and sound!"
Great picture, lack of content.
G. Harrington | 11/03/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I agree with the previous posts that the picture quality is excellent and the music is also very good. The only thing I don't like is that it is only about 10 minutes of footage which repeats, and repeats, and repeats... It is good but I was expecting something a little different with city views, night views, or atleast something recognizable. I haven't figured out where any of the shots are from yet."
Video Content Length is Short and Quality is Moderate.
S. Murray | Seattle | 01/14/2007
(2 out of 5 stars)
"Loops the same video at least 4 times (perhaps 10-13 minutes of footage). I saw this footage in a Discover HD documentary about the space station Discovery HD version was stitched together a little bit more nicely and they corrected some of the exposure problems.
This footage suffers from occasional exposure control issues as the brightness of the earth changes rapidly from desert to snow/clouds. The footage is frequently unsteady and the windows need to be cleaned on the station.
The music is a good collection of freely available classical content. Eight sound tracks at about 55 minutes each. I suspect the video is also freely available open source NASA footage. Music quality is good. video clarity is HD quality.
I would have been more satisfied with a price point of about $10 for this content. At nearly $20 the footage length and exposure quality detract from the overall experience significantly."
Good, not great.
J CHRETIEN | Leesburg, VA | 07/31/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Imagery is excellent but repetitious; most scenes are of desert areas and sea. Not much green, no cities, and few recognizable landforms. Music is good, image quality excellent."
Space Shuttle Astronaut Comments
Jonathan | New York, NY | 03/19/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I attended a lecture featuring Dr. Larry DeLucas, space shuttle astronaut, as a guest speaker. I purchased A View From Space after Dr. DeLucas used this high definition dvd from the Space Shuttle Endeavour in his presentation. He described the dvd as, "Vividly bringing him back to the awesome emotional aspect of watching the Earth from space."
The scenery and clarity is stunning and has a variety of classical soundtracks to choose from...a great buy."