A question of perspective

When events appear overwhelming and when we get too concerned about our varied earthly problems, it is helpful to keep a perspective on what the bigger picture is about.
This highly educational video was produced by the American Museum of Natural History:

"The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world's most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas that is maintained and updated by astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History. The new film, created by the Museum, is part of an exhibition, Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe, at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan through May 2010."

Please visit at: Data: Digital Universe, American Museum of Natural History
http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/universe/