APOD
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth
Explanation: What are these humans doing? Dancing. Many humans on Earth exhibit periods of happiness, and one method of displaying happiness is dancing. Happiness and dancing transcend political boundaries and occur in practically every human society. Above, Matt Harding traveled through many nations on Earth, planned on dancing , and filmed the result. The above video , the latest in a series of similar videos , is perhaps a dramatic example that humans from all over planet Earth feel a common bond as part of a single species . Happiness is frequently contagious -- few people are able to watch the above video without smiling .
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| Date | July 10, 2012 |
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| Credit | Video Credit: Matt Harding & Melissa Nixon; Music: Trip the Light |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |


