A dragon made of clouds is singing to Earth! 🐉🎶 What if satellite cloud data could become music? Meet Hakuryu — a dragon born as the European Space Agency's EarthCARE satellite, singing a song of peace for our planet. JAXA called EarthCARE Hakuryu, which is Japanese for White Dragon. Hakuryu now lends its name to the title of a groundbreaking immersive installation that creates an audiovisual story from EarthCARE cloud and aerosol data in a way that has never been seen or heard before. Through data sonification, Hakuryu transforms over thirty types of data into immersive soundscapes and music. Clouds become choirs as Hakuryu sings to Earth, with voices from notable public, scientific and ESA figures joined by those needing care most - people from the frontline of climate change, displacement and conflict. Adding to this, data from atmospheric elements such as rain, snow, dust and smoke are rendered as rich environmental sonic textures. Simultaneously the same data is transformed into clouds, creating a vibrant trail behind an animated white dragon. Viewers slowly fly with Hakuryu, in a beautiful representation of Earth as it moves from day into night on its journey around the sun. Tune in next week via the link below (and now for the full resolution trailer!), to see the feature-length film that will be played live at ESA's Living Planet Symposium in Vienna between 23-27 June 2025 as an immersive installation throughout the week. If you're there, pop by Foyer E, room 0.51 🔗youtube.com/watch?v=6VsrIX…
