Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth  - APOD July 10, 2012

Video Credit: Matt Harding & Melissa Nixon; Music: Trip the Light

“What are these humans doing? Dancing. Many humans on Earth exhibit periods of happiness, and one method of displaying happiness is dancing. Happiness and dancing transcend political boundaries and occur in practically every human society. Above, Matt Harding traveled through many nations on Earth, planned on dancing, and filmed the result. The above video, the latest in a series of similar videos, is perhaps a dramatic example that humans from all over planet Earth feel a common bond as part of asingle species. Happiness is frequently contagious — few people are able to watch the above video without smiling.”