I had a lot of fun making this - took about 25 hours to render!
Any feedback would be great, thanks.
Very nice! I like how it gives you a real sense of scale. 
Well done! Extremely nice.
Very nicely done. If you want to get really crazy, try putting VY Canis Majoris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VY_Canis_Majoris) in there. It’s a hypergiant star with an estimated radius of 13 AU, which would make it so big as to engulf all the planets except Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
really well executed animation. It really gives a good felling of the dimensions.
But I am not sure if the camera movement through the classroom in the beginning was necessary.
Very nice indeed! You forgot to mention that the distance 1 AU is 150 million km. Next step is to show it from the top, and from there go to the distance from the nearest star. Here is where people gets lost, almost nobody can imagine a light year, those distances are far beyond human common experience. That is why moronic movies like Battleship think that you can send a signal and get an invasion in 10 years.
Thanks for the feedback everyone! I might make another video showing more than just the solar system - not sure yet. Space has always fascinated me.
Neatly made educational video. Great. Texturing is really good.
nice
but, and this is MY own personal “pet peeve” so
the yellow orange Venus colored RADAR texture
YUCK!!!
that color was a bad idea in the 90’s and worse now
( i have worked extensively with the Magellan radar data )
the clouds have almost no detail that the HUMAN EYE can make out
the true color of the ground is a mostly gray with a tint of blue in some of the minerals and a tint of yellow ( 0.001% ) in other minerals
the bottom image here
a more correct ( from orbit ) would be a slight sepia
like
Also the texture used for Jupiter looks to be the 1980’s voyager map
have a look in
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
for the current map
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07782
I love a good scientific visualization. Thanks!
Very nice.
I wonder what the Sun looks like from 40 AU? Probably like a tiny spec.
Amazing animation.
M.f.G
Alex.W
This is a cool and informative twist on a classic educational video, thanks for sharing! did NOT know that the outer planets were so far out.
Although I have seen videos like this presentation of the solar system done on TV, it’s nice to know someone made a this video using Blender and making it equally well done and well made. Keep up the great work!
Wonderful work!!
I love astronomy.
Thank you for your idea and effort! :yes:
That was incredible. Kind of makes you wonder why we didn’t go to Venus first, since it’s closer.