 | As a kid I was fascinated with astronomy and the August 5, 2012 landing of the Mars rover, "Curiosity" rekindled that fascination leading me to set the second movement of my Piano Concerto to images of Curiosity and the Mars surface. Two of the most distinctive and often photographed Martian features are the Victoria Crater with its ragged cliffs surrounding silicon dioxide dunes and Valles Marineris, reported to be the largest rift valley canyon in our solar system (2500 miles long and 125 miles wide) ten times the size of the Grand Canyon. Since the 1960's there has been over 40 missions to Mars with only 10 or so actually landing on the surface. After an eight-month, 350 million mile voyage, Curiosity made an incredibly complex landing depicted in the animation at the beginning of my music. Scientists have already determined that both oxygen and water exist on Mars challenging Curiosity to determine if there is life. | Views: 5  0 ratings |
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PIANO CONCERTO - 2nd Movement "Curiosity"
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