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A Walk Through Time - From Stardust To Us

A Walk Through Time depicts the 4.6 billion year story of our Earth and progresses from the formation of our solar system to the beginning of life on Earth to the present. The Walk offers a rich context for exploring fundamental issues regarding humanity and the future of all life on Earth. The Walk exists in several forms – as a physical display, as a series of digital images of that display (archived here on Scholarworks), as an archived web site, as a physical book, and as an audio book called Deep Time Walk.

The Walk Through Time exhibit was imagined by physicist Sidney Liebes, who wanted to inspire people with the magnificent story of life on Earth and provide a cautionary tale of how human actions today threaten Earth’s diversity and stability. Many scientists, writers, and artists contributed to the creation of the Walk Through Time, which was funded by Hewlett Packard.

The University of Montana has one of the few copies of the physical display and periodically displays it on the UM campus. The digital images archived here were copyrighted in 1997 by the Stiftung Drittes Millennium (Foundation for the Third Millennium) and are used here with permission of the copyright holders.

If you click on any one of the images below, you can see it, enlarge it, download it, and view the associated metadata. You can “page” through the images in this collection by clicking the “Next” link located on the upper right hand side of each image page, just above the exhibit title.

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  • Panel 01: A Walk Through Time…From Stardust To Us by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 01: A Walk Through Time…From Stardust To Us

  • Panel 02: We Know So Much … And Yet We Know So Little by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 02: We Know So Much … And Yet We Know So Little

  • Panel 03: Deep-Time Terrain: What To Take With You, What To Leave Behind by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 03: Deep-Time Terrain: What To Take With You, What To Leave Behind

  • Panel 04: Pulse Of The Spheres by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 04: Pulse Of The Spheres

  • Panel 05: Star Stuff Of Life by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 05: Star Stuff Of Life

  • Panel 06: Settling In by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 06: Settling In

  • Panel 07: Rock: Not Always A Hard Place by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 07: Rock: Not Always A Hard Place

  • Panel 08: The Rains Reign by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 08: The Rains Reign

  • Panel 09: Gaia by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 09: Gaia

  • Panel 10: Primordial Soup by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 10: Primordial Soup

  • Panel 11: The Extremists by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 11: The Extremists

  • Panel 12: Life Takes Tenacious Hold by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 12: Life Takes Tenacious Hold

  • Panel 13: Celebrating Diversity: Fast And Loose by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 13: Celebrating Diversity: Fast And Loose

  • Panel 14: Life's Fortunate Fermenters by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 14: Life's Fortunate Fermenters

  • Panel 15: Tripping The Light Fantastic: And The Waters Separated by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 15: Tripping The Light Fantastic: And The Waters Separated

  • Panel 16: Stromatolites: Community Living by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 16: Stromatolites: Community Living

  • Panel 17: Life Styles Of The Little by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 17: Life Styles Of The Little

  • Panel 18: Goldilocks And The Three Atmospheres by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 18: Goldilocks And The Three Atmospheres

  • Panel 19: We've Come A Long Way by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 19: We've Come A Long Way

  • Panel 20: Earth Moves On by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 20: Earth Moves On

  • Panel 21: Metabolic Modes by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 21: Metabolic Modes

  • Panel 22: Microbial Mining And Manufacturing by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 22: Microbial Mining And Manufacturing

  • Panel 23: Horde Havoc by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 23: Horde Havoc

  • Panel 24: Symbiogenesis: Presence Of The Past by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 24: Symbiogenesis: Presence Of The Past

  • Panel 25: Joint Ventures by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 25: Joint Ventures

  • Panel 26: Surfacing by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 26: Surfacing

  • Panel 27: Biologic And Geologic Systems Wed by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 27: Biologic And Geologic Systems Wed

  • Panel 28: Ore-iginals by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 28: Ore-iginals

  • Panel 29: Energized by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 29: Energized

  • Panel 30: Off To Sea by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 30: Off To Sea

  • Panel 31: Putting The O's Into Ozone by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 31: Putting The O's Into Ozone

  • Panel 32: Abundant Life by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 32: Abundant Life

  • Panel 33: Great Mortalities For The Immortals by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 33: Great Mortalities For The Immortals

  • Panel 34: The Earth Rusts by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 34: The Earth Rusts

  • Panel 35: Metamorphic Mergers by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 35: Metamorphic Mergers

  • Panel 36: What Are Protoctists? by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 36: What Are Protoctists?

  • Panel 37: Thriving In The Oxygen World: The Mighty Mitochondria by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 37: Thriving In The Oxygen World: The Mighty Mitochondria

  • Panel 38: Sex: A Survival Strategy by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 38: Sex: A Survival Strategy

  • Panel 39: Why Do Some Cells Die? Shaping Up by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 39: Why Do Some Cells Die? Shaping Up

  • Panel 40: Niche Masters: Land Ho! by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 40: Niche Masters: Land Ho!

  • Panel 41: Corporal Mergers by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 41: Corporal Mergers

  • Panel 42: What Is An Individual? by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 42: What Is An Individual?

  • Panel 43: The One And The Many by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 43: The One And The Many

  • Panel 44: Into The Breach by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 44: Into The Breach

  • Panel 45: Mini-Mineral Marvels by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 45: Mini-Mineral Marvels

  • Panel 46: Category Questions by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 46: Category Questions

  • Panel 47: Some Like It Cool by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 47: Some Like It Cool

  • Panel 48: Supple Testimonies by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 48: Supple Testimonies

  • Panel 49: What Are Animals? by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 49: What Are Animals?

  • Panel 50: Animals Arise by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 50: Animals Arise

  • Panel 51: Fabulous Forams by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 51: Fabulous Forams

  • Panel 52: Continental Capers by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 52: Continental Capers

  • Panel 53: Cambrian Explosion by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 53: Cambrian Explosion

  • Panel 54: The Burgess Shale by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 54: The Burgess Shale

  • Panel 55: Reverberating Chords by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 55: Reverberating Chords

  • Panel 56: Happy Landings by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 56: Happy Landings

  • Panel 57: What Are Fungi? by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 57: What Are Fungi?

  • Panel 58: Fungal Fusion: Plant-It Earth by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 58: Fungal Fusion: Plant-It Earth

  • Panel 59: What Are Plants? by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 59: What Are Plants?

  • Panel 60: Fortune's Wheel by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 60: Fortune's Wheel

  • Panel 61: The Lichen Consolidation by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 61: The Lichen Consolidation

  • Panel 62: Intimate Alliances by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 62: Intimate Alliances

  • Panel 63: Amphibians: Lured To Land by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 63: Amphibians: Lured To Land

  • Panel 64: Rhythms Of Life And Loss by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 64: Rhythms Of Life And Loss

  • Panel 65: Carboniferous Period: The Coal Forests by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 65: Carboniferous Period: The Coal Forests

  • Panel 66: Enveloping Eggs by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 66: Enveloping Eggs

  • Panel 67: Sowing And Reaping by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 67: Sowing And Reaping

  • Panel 68: Radiant Reptiles by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 68: Radiant Reptiles

  • Panel 69: Leaping Lizards by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 69: Leaping Lizards

  • Panel 70: Permo-Triassic Extinction by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 70: Permo-Triassic Extinction

  • Panel 71: Emiliania Huxleyi: Belle Of The Ball by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 71: Emiliania Huxleyi: Belle Of The Ball

  • Panel 72: Night Journeys: First Mammals by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 72: Night Journeys: First Mammals

  • Panel 73: Silicon Symmetry: Triassic-Jurassic Mass Extinction by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 73: Silicon Symmetry: Triassic-Jurassic Mass Extinction

  • Panel 74: Dinos: Dining Out And Dining In by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 74: Dinos: Dining Out And Dining In

  • Panel 75: All Creatures Great And Small by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 75: All Creatures Great And Small

  • Panel 76: Thermoregulation: Warm-Blooded Dinos? by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 76: Thermoregulation: Warm-Blooded Dinos?

  • Panel 77: Descent Into The Air by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 77: Descent Into The Air

  • Panel 78: Descent With Co-Modification by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 78: Descent With Co-Modification

  • Panel 79: Megafauna Mega-Extinction by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 79: Megafauna Mega-Extinction

  • Panel 80: Mammals Go Forth And Multiply by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 80: Mammals Go Forth And Multiply

  • Panel 81: You Can Go Home Again by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 81: You Can Go Home Again

  • Panel 82: Fruits Of The Earth by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 82: Fruits Of The Earth

  • Panel 83: Pressures Mount by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 83: Pressures Mount

  • Panel 84: Getting Familiar by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 84: Getting Familiar

  • Panel 85: Up To Us by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 85: Up To Us

  • Panel 86: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 86: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

  • Panel 87: The Future by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 87: The Future

  • Panel 88: Acknowledgements by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 88: Acknowledgements

  • Panel 89: Earth Charter by Sid Liebes, Laurie Mittelstadt, Barbara Waugh, and Lois Brynes

    Panel 89: Earth Charter

 
 
 

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