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spacetime coordinates: 1903 around Auckland in the British colony of New Zealand
Tracker is a 2010 British–New Zealand action-thriller film directed by Ian Sharp and starring Ray Winstone as a renowned Afrikaner commando leader of the Second Boer War and a master tracker & Temuera Morrison as a Maori harpooner on a whaling ship. (wiki)
spacetime coordinates: a Viking Age expedition arrives in North America, intending to subjugate or slaughter the native “Skræling” population.
Pathfinder (also known by the alternate title Pathfinder: The Legend of the Ghost Warrior) is a 2007 American epic action film directed by Marcus Nispel. It stars Karl Urban, Clancy Brown, Ralf Moeller, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means, Jay Tavare, and Nathaniel Arcand.
The film was loosely based on a 1987 Norwegian film Pathfinder. It was also adapted into a graphic novel by Dark Horse Comics. (wiki)
spacetime coordinates: 6th century Great Britain / Camelot
The Green Knight (stylised onscreen as Sir Gawain and… the GREEN KNIGHT) is a 2021 American epic medieval fantasy film directed, written, edited and produced by David Lowery. It stars Dev Patel as Gawain, a nephew of King Arthur, who sets out on a journey to test his courage and face the Green Knight. Based on the 14th-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, it also stars Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, and Ralph Ineson. (wiki)
spacetime coordinates: a year after an eruption of the Katla volcano began, the nearby village of Vík, Iceland
Katla (stylized as KATLA) is an Icelandic drama/mystery/sci-fi television series created and directed by Baltasar Kormákur and Sigurjón Kjartansson, and written by Baltasar Kormákur, Sigurjón Kjartansson, Davíð Már Stefánsson and Lilja Sigurðardóttir. It premiered June 17, 2021 on Netflix. (wiki)
timespace coordinates: 2000’s Mexico, Cuba, Australia, New Zealand, India, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, USA, China, Japan, Italy, Morocco, Spain, South Africa, UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia
Around the World in 80 Gardens is a television series of 10 programmes in which British gardener and broadcaster Monty Don visits 80 of the world’s most celebrated gardens. A book based on the series was also published. (wiki)
timespace coordinates: Valheim, the tenth Norse world.
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Valheim is an upcoming survival and sandbox video game by the Swedish developer Iron Gate Studio, released in early access on 2 February 2021 for Windows and Linux on Steam. It was made by five people.
The premise of the game is that players are Vikings in an afterlife where they have to craft tools, build shelters and fight enemies to survive. The game uses stylized 3D graphics with a third-person perspective and a combat system inspired by action games. Co-operative gameplay with up to nine people and optional PvP gameplay are also supported.
The game was a surprise hit. Three weeks after its release, it had sold three million copies and was one of the most-played games on Steam.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (Windows / MINIMUM): Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system / OS: Windows 7 or later / Processor: 2.6 GHz Dual Core or similar / Memory: 4 GB RAM / Graphics: GeForce GTX 500 series or similar / DirectX: Version 11 / Storage: 1 GB available space
Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory official
Viktor Ambartsumian Armenian-Soviet scientist founder of the Byurakan Observatory
Synopsis Mount Aragaz is the highest mountain in Armenia. At an altitude of 3500 m one can find the remnants of a prestige project of the Soviet Union: the weather beaten buildings of Aragats Cosmic Ray Division. Here, more than a hundred men used to search for messengers from distant galaxies – particles, created by cosmic radiation on its way to earth in billions of tiny explosions. Most of the researchers left, when the financial support of the institution collapsed with the Soviet Union. However, despite the lack of funding a small group of Armenian scientists endures on the top of Mount Aragaz. Like astronauts in a spaceship they continue their research, hoping for a sensation: The discovery of unknown galaxies.
Statement
The Universe, the Nothingness, the Solitude – three scientists are holding out at what was once the Soviet Union’s greatest cosmic research station. Are they closer to the secret of Creation – here, on top of Armenia’s highest mountain? In their work they rather look like Sisyphus’ brothers, and it is not by accident that they start searching for the meaning of their existence, of God’s existence. Man asks, and the World does not reply. Or does it?
DURATION: 30 min
FORMAT: 35 mm / Farbe / 1:1,85 / DolbySR
LANGUAGE: armenian / german and english subtitles (optional)
PRODUCTION: Pelle Film in Ko-Produktion mit der HFF München und dem Bayerischen Rundfunk
Armenia’s Cosmic-Ray Catchers 2020 article
‘We’re Above Civilization’: life in a cosmic-ray station photo essay
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