We Asked NASA Scientists and Astronauts “What is your Favorite Hubble Image?”

Over the years, Hubble video producer Paul Morris has had the amazing opportunity to interview some of the brightest minds in astrophysics, and some of the coolest astronauts and people in the world.

As a rule, he always asked every single person this one question.

“What is your favorite Hubble image?”

He began to see a pattern in their answers.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Jennifer Wiseman: Interviewee
Jim Garvin: Interviewee
Charlie Bolden: Interviewee
Michelle Thaller: Interviewee

Additional Visualizations:
Time Lapse of Sun Setting: Pond 5

Diatom Movement: Credit: Brenden Seah

Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time: Credit: NASA, ESA and F. Summers (STScI)

Music Credits:
"’Children’s Games’ Piece for orchestra" by Georges Bizet [DP] via Koka Media [SACEM], and Universal Production Music.

“Horn Romp” by Oded Fried-Gaon [ACUM] via 10 Miles [ACUM], and Universal Production Music.

“Ever Onward” by Joel Goodman [ASCAP] via Medley Lane Music [ASCAP], and Universal Production Music.

“Saving Earth” by Enrico Cacace [BMI] and Lorenzo Castellarin [BMI] via Atmosphere Music Ltd. [PRS], and Universal Production Music.

“Solaris Planet” by Matthew Nicholson [PRS] and Shin Suzuma [PRS] via Ninja Tune Production Music [PRS], and Universal Production Music.

“Dream of Stars” by Magnum Opus [ASCAP] via Sound Pocket Music [PRS], and Universal Production Music.

“The Moldau (Exc. My Country)” by Bedrich Smetana [PD] via Koka Media [SACEM], and Universal Production Music.

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