The Solar Storms Heading for Earth in January 2012
A compilation of NASA's footage of the explosions on the surface of the sun that are sending waves of charged particles towards Earth, resulting in spectacular Northern Lights More »
Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic. She curates the Video channel. More
Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg's work in media spans documentary television, advertising, and print. As a producer in the Viewer Created Content division of Al Gore's Current TV, she acquired and produced short documentaries by independent filmmakers around the world. Post-Current, she worked as a producer and strategist at Urgent Content, developing consumer-created and branded nonfiction campaigns for clients including Cisco, Ford, and GOOD Magazine. She studied filmmaking and digital media at Harvard University, where she was co-creator and editor in chief of H BOMB Magazine.
A compilation of NASA's footage of the explosions on the surface of the sun that are sending waves of charged particles towards Earth, resulting in spectacular Northern Lights More »
Photojournalist Espen Rasmussen tells the stories of Georgian families who lost their homes in South Ossetia to the conflict in 2008. More »
To R.P. Salazar, with Love, an animated short by the Rauch Brothers, is the true story of two strangers who met and fell in love thanks to their nearly identical email addresses. More »
Algorithmic Search for Love is an interactive media installation that works like a search engine for movie dialogue (contains some adult language and scenes). More »
One hour of web video is uploaded to YouTube each second. Keep doing the math, and you get some crazy data. More »
Espen Rasmussen has spent seven years documenting displaced people around the world for his mutimedia Transit project. More »
Yesterday is a color-saturated stop-motion animation shot entirely with the iPhone app Hipstamatic, its built-in filters adding instant nostalgia to everyday scenes More »
Highlander is short documentary about Neil Elliot, who is "arguably the best caber tosser in the world," created from still images and audio by photojournalist Kieran Dodds. More »
Back when synchronized sound in movies was still new and exciting, this short film set out to illustrate the process of sound-on-film recording. More »
Two photographers set out to capture the beauty of Yosemite National Park and returned with simply stunning images More »
The owners of Modern Anthology, a boutique in Brooklyn, reflect on what it takes to survive and stand out as an independent business in a short documentary from StyleLedger. More »
This video from the International Space Station reveals the Milky Way as storms illuminate Africa below More »
As if leaping from the top of a 55-story resort weren't spectacular enough, this video uses Singapore's futuristic skyline and Marina Bay Sands Skypark as a backdrop. More »
Produced for a video contest held by the tourism board there, Dreaming It{aly} is an impressionistic montage of beautifully shot moments paired with personal voiceover. More »
This documentary by Encyclopedia Britannica Films is a fascinating look at New York's infrastructure and commuter patterns More »
In the spirit of our Friday Fauna series, here are 95 seconds of lovely footage shot by surf cinematographer Steve Fagan to brighten your day. More »
A bizarre film from the '60s or '70s uses a surreal parade of images to discourage drug use. More »
The Emmy Award-winning Star Wars Uncut project, in which hundreds of Internet users recreated scenes from the Hollywood classic, is now available online in all its feature-length glory. More »
A highly entertaining montage of YouTube videos featuring furry, feathered, and slimy creatures using their favorite Apple device More »
Michael Rigley, a graphic design student at California College of the Arts, uses animation to bring the nebulous cloud of personal information we accumulate online to life. More »
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