Orbital Sunrise: The First Art Made in Space

In which John Green considers the orbital sunrise, why humans make art, and why the cosmonaut Alexei Leonov drew home. Adapted from the podcast The Anthropocene Reviewed, which is also a book. You can get a signed copy and a bonus zine here: The footage from space was created by Seán Doran using images from the internenational space station. Used with permission. You can see more of Seán’s extraordinarily beautiful work here: ---- Subscribe to our newsletter! And join the community at Help transcribe videos - Learn more about our project to help Partners in Health radically reduce maternal mortality in Sierra Leone: If you’re able to donate $2,000 or more t