The Overview Effect - Former Astronauts Recounting Profound Worldview Shifts After Space Travel

On the 40th anniversary of the famous ‘Blue Marble’ photograph taken of Earth from space, Planetary Collective presents a short film documenting astronauts’ life-changing stories of seeing the Earth from the outside – a perspective-altering experience often described as the Overview Effect.

The Overview Effect, first described by author Frank White in 1987, is an experience that transforms astronauts’ perspective of the planet and mankind’s place upon it. Common features of the experience are a feeling of awe for the planet, a profound understanding of the interconnection of all life, and a renewed sense of responsibility for taking care of the environment.

‘Overview’ is a short film that explores this phenomenon through interviews with five astronauts who have experienced the Overview Effect. The film also features insights from commentators and thinkers on the wider implications and importance of this understanding for society, and our relationship to the environment.




Main Links
Planetary Collective: planetarycollective.com/
Overview Microsite: overviewthemovie.com/
Human Suits (original score): humansuits.com/
The Overview Institute: overviewinstitute.org/
Fragile Oasis: fragileoasis.org/


Further Links
The Earth from Space:
First image of Earth from space (October 24th 1946):
- http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/FEATURE-FirstPhoto.html
- http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/08/the-first-image-of-earth-taken-from-space-its-not-what-you-think/260755/
Apollo 8 Earthrise photo (December 24th 1968):
- http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_102.html
Blue Marble photograph (December 27th 1972):
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Marble
Robert Poole’s ‘Earthrise’:
- http://www.earthrise.org/

Links related to the interviewees
The Overview Institute (Frank White / David Beaver):
- http://www.overviewinstitute.org/
Frank White’s book – The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution:
- http://tinyurl.com/ar6pevs
Fragile Oasis (Ron Garan / Nicole Stott):
- http://www.fragileoasis.org/
The Institute of Noetic Sciences (Edgar Mitchell):
- http://noetic.org/
David Loy:
- http://www.davidloy.org/

Planetary Collective
Homepage:
- http://www.planetarycollective.com/
‘Continuum’:
- http://www.planetarycollective.com/continuum/
Human Suits (original soundtrack):
- http://www.humansuits.com/
Download and listen to the original Overview score
- https://soundcloud.com/humansuits/sets/overview-ost


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