Love this! I've seen "little planet" pictures before, but not video.

Love this!  I've seen "little planet" pictures before, but not video.

Robert Nelson, check out the following article, Mathematics Meets Photography, for some of the cool math behind these images (in particular stereographic projection).

http://www.maa.org/publications/periodicals/math-horizons/mathematics-meets-photography

A more in-depth version of the article is in the book The Best Writing on Mathematics 2012.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Writing-Mathematics-2012/dp/0691156557/?tag=gravit-20

Originally shared by Robert Nelson

Little worlds all around us - Video captured from 360 degree spherical panorama

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