Is the world in Avatar real?

According to scientists, the phenomenon of floating mountains in the air, plants and animals glowing in the dark . in the movie Avatar "making rain" on the world silver screen is completely possible in real life.

It can be said, screenwriter and director Avatar, James Cameron, do not write about science fiction, but serious scientific issues. Strange phenomena on the film are based on actual, even the smallest.

Flying mountains

The fact that an entire mountain range can float on the ground like a light cork is not clearly explained in the film. However, if it is possible to connect the details through the story into a satisfactory explanation. When superconductors are present in the magnetic field, they can hover in the air. Pandora's alien world in Avatar is simply a giant superconductor.

At the beginning of the film, viewers know that humans come to Pandora to find Unobtanium mineral - a material that can replace all the ingredients used to date on Earth. Unobtanium is considered to be the strongest superconductor. Finding Unobtanium on Pandora creates a technological breakthrough on Earth.

The world in the movie Avatar is not quite a fantasy.

Director Cameron had the idea to write a scientific article titled Pandorapedia to explain the learning behind the formation of flying mountains in the film. However, the plan was broken because Pandora was not a planet but a moon of Polyphemus. The moons of this planet are constantly deformed under the pressure of gravity.

One of Jupiter's moons is that Io is strongly attracted to Jupiter and the larger moons of this star push back and forth, creating pulses like the tide on the surface. According to scientists, in Jupiter's second moon, Europa, these tidal forces heat up the moon's core, causing the shell to melt, creating a sea of ​​water on the surface. On Cameron's Pandora, tidal forces create up and down currents and in the case of Hallelujah Mountain, these forces bring the mountain up close to the sky.

Creatures glow

Cameron's passion for seabed science helped him achieve one of the most successful films of all time - Titanic. And once again, this passion helped him create Avatar's 'masterpiece'.

The ocean floor is dark, there is no sunlight but there are still light of the creatures themselves. That phenomenon is called bioluminescence. Fireflies can be considered a good example. At the bottom of the sea, some fish species create their own light source.

Director Cameron has developed the idea of ​​the existence of bioluminescent ecology on planet Pandora, where the night is as long as the day on Earth. This is also the point where he decides Pandora will be the moon and not a planet alone. The moons, including the Earth's moon, are often 'locked' with the host planet, with one face always facing the planet and on the other hand facing the universe. This means one day on the moon by the time it orbits the parent planet. According to the calculations of scientists, one day on the moon equals 27 days on earth.

Interaction between Pandora's magnetic field and the parent planet increases electromagnetic activity for both sides. The magnetic field is also 'responsible' for creating exposed archaeological stones that appear in the film's climax scene.

Does life exist on a moon? The answer is absolutely world. Scientists are searching for Earth-like planets, not too close to stars to evaporate, or not too far to lose heat and turn into ice. However, such small planets are difficult to find. Instead, scientists have found giant planets that contain gas like Saturn. These planets have no life, but their moons may be a haven for people in the future.