Joshua Rozells captures satellite pollution.
“There were satellite trails visible in almost every single photo,” he wrote on Instagram. “Instead of trying to get rid of them for a star trail, I decided to put the satellite trails together into a single image to show how polluted the night sky is becoming.”
‘The Vision’ is a genuine curiosity and, thanks to the creative talent assembled on both sides of the camera, a beguiling one. It was made for the BBC’s Screen Two strand (1985-98) by David Thompson, Norman Stone and William Nicholson, the producer-director-writer team which cut its teeth on documentaries for the Corporation’s religious broadcasting department before moving into drama with Martin Luther, Heritic (tx. 8/11/1983) and the award-winning Shadowlands (tx. 22/11/1985). In 1986 Thompson thought of a story about rightwing Christian fundamentalists setting up a satellite television network in Europe, with the aim of winning a perceived battle for the hearts, minds and political direction of the continent.
Stars Dirk Bogarde, Lee Remick, Helena Bonham Carter. BBC television. What an amazing thing.
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