{"id":796870,"date":"2025-06-24T12:14:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=796870"},"modified":"2025-06-24T12:14:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:14:03","slug":"a-dragon-made-of-clouds-is-singing-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=796870","title":{"rendered":"A dragon made of clouds is singing to Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"modal__tab-content--details\">\n<div class=\"modal__tab-description\">\n<p>What if satellite cloud data could become music? Meet\u00a0Hakuryu\u00a0\u2014 a dragon born as the European Space Agency&#8217;s\u00a0EarthCARE\u00a0satellite, singing a song of peace for our planet.<\/p>\n<p>EarthCARE\u00a0is the\u00a0European Space Agency\u2019s\u00a0most advanced Earth Explorer launched to date, equipped with instruments that\u00a0help us understand\u00a0clouds and aerosols\u00a0in new and unprecedented ways.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0is a collaboration between ESA and the Japanese Space Exploration Agency, JAXA, who designed and developed the satellite\u2019s Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) instrument. JAXA called\u00a0EarthCARE\u00a0Hakuryu, which is Japanese for White Dragon.<\/p>\n<p>Hakuryu\u00a0now lends its name to\u00a0the title of\u00a0a\u00a0groundbreaking immersive installation that creates an audiovisual story from\u00a0EarthCARE\u00a0cloud and aerosol\u00a0data in\u00a0a way that\u00a0has\u00a0never been seen or heard before.<\/p>\n<p>Through data sonification,\u00a0Hakuryu\u00a0transforms over thirty types of data into immersivesoundscapes and music. Clouds become choirs\u00a0as\u00a0Hakuryu\u00a0sings to Earth, with voices from notable public, scientific and\u00a0ESA\u00a0figures joined by those needing care most\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0people from the frontline of climate change,\u00a0displacement and conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to this, data from atmospheric elements such as rain, snow,\u00a0dust and smoke are rendered as rich environmental sonic textures.\u00a0Simultaneously the same data\u00a0is\u00a0transformed into clouds, creating a vibrant trail behind an\u00a0animated white dragon. Viewers slowly\u00a0fly with\u00a0Hakuryu, in a beautiful representation of\u00a0Earth\u00a0as it moves from day into night on its journey around the sun.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0film\u00a0you see here\u00a0comprises one entire\u00a0EarthCARE\u00a0orbit around our planet. It\u00a0is running\u00a0live\u00a0all week at ESA\u2019s\u00a0Living Planet Symposium\u00a0in Vienna, from 23 to 27\u00a0June 2025,\u00a0as\u00a0an immersive installation.\u00a0Following its debut,\u00a0Hakuryu\u00a0will travel the world in a variety of ways soon to be revealed.<\/p>\n<p>More about\u00a0EarthCARE:\u00a0https:\/\/esa.int\/earthcare<\/p>\n<p>More about the\u00a0EarthCARE\u00a0DISC:\u00a0https:\/\/earth.esa.int\/eogateway\/activities\/earthcare-disc<\/p>\n<p>Visit the artist\u2019s website:\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<label style=\"display: block; font-size: 0.9em; color: #8197A6; margin: 3rem 0 -1rem 0;\">Embed code<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<textarea rows=\"4\" cols=\"60\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A dragon made of clouds is singing to Earth\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6VsrIXwVg3Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/textarea><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Videos\/2025\/06\/A_dragon_made_of_clouds_is_singing_to_Earth?rand=772187\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if satellite cloud data could become music? 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