Our civilization cannot run without energy. We use it every day, every moment. It is important to know where the energy comes from, how we use it and what are the consequences for the planet’s biosphere. The future of our society need public awareness to get an authentic energy for life.
Produced by Planetario de Pamplona
Appx. running time: 43 minutes
For general audiences.
Educational materials available
With the general theme of evolution this fulldome production takes its audience on a 13.7 billion year whirlwind journey. The audience will realize that the universe continuously evolves and so do the stars. Yet, the death of a star is not just an end but also a new beginning because the exploding supernovas enrich space with heavier elements that lead to the birth of new stars and new planetary systems. This is the same way that our own Solar System was born some 4.6 billion years ago and then our planet evolved through the continuous geotectonic activities that shaped the Earth’s surface. Simultaneously the Earth became the cradle of biological evolution that led eventually to the development of our own human civilization that is still evolving.
Produced by Eugenides Foundation and Eyelead Software
Running time: 25 minutes.
Explore is the latest production by Maciej Ligowski – Executive Producer of Dream To Fly – continuing the trend of bringing visual excellence under the dome to enhance the immersive experience of the public.
The film begins with a look at how scholars and scientists throughout the ages used the sky as a calendar and clock to measure the passage of time. Their charts and star catalogs became the basis of astrology, and informed the modern science of astronomy. Kepler’s theories about planetary ellipses opened the universe to exploration in ways he never dreamed of, centuries after his death. Kepler’s Laws are fundamental in physics and astronomy and central to modern spaceflight. Transporting ships, people, and cargo beyond Earth depends on these laws of motion.
The show demonstrates how those laws work using simple, easy-to-understand animations and clear explanations. Then, to show how they work in space exploration, EXPLORE takes us on an imaginary journey. Astronauts leave Earth, execute two Hohmann-transfer maneuvers, and dock with a space station. Then they are off to Mars. In several beautiful scenes, the show demonstrates how spacecraft follow Kepler’s laws in stately maneuvers as they make their way from Earth to orbit and then on to other worlds.
Produced by Creative Planet
Appx. running time: 28 minutes
Available in 2D & 3D
Suitable for family audience and school groups For general audiences.
Humankind has always sought to understand the mysteries of the Universe and speculated about the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Today we know of thousands of exoplanets — planets located outside our Solar System — that offer valuable information about our own planet, its origins and life on Earth. We’re on the cusp of making some fascinating discoveries. But how will they change our lives?
Producer Montreal Space for Life’s Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium
Appx. running time: 25 minutes
For general audiences & children.
Follow mankind’s first space probe to journey outside our solar system to the many new worlds astronomers are discovering beyond. Soar right through a gas giant, traverse the phosphorescent jungles of Kepler 22-B, and slingshot around a Black Hole. Also discover new insights about our own Earth, Moon, Sun and the remarkable Solar System we inhabit.
Don’t miss the show that encapsulates the fulldome experience!
“Absolutely glorious. It artfully captures the science, the beauty, and the wonder of the new worlds we are discovering.”
-Dr. Geoffry Marcy
Produced by Tandem Motion Picture Studios
Appx. running time: 25 minutes
For general audiences and schools to grade 9
Learn the secrets of the “rainforests of the sea” as you embark on an oceanic safari of the world’s most vibrant—and endangered—marine ecosystems.
Narrated by Tony Award® winner Lea Salonga, the all-digital Expedition Reef takes full advantage of the Morrison Planetarium’s fulldome screen to immerse you in the undersea adventure. Along the way, discover how corals grow, feed, reproduce, and support over 25% of all marine life on Earth—while facing unprecedented threats from climate change, habitat destruction, and overfishing.
“This is a difficult story [and] a turning point for reefs,” says Academy scientist and reef expert Dr. Rebecca Albright, “but it’s not too late.”
Produced by California Academy of Sciences
Appx. running time: 25 minutes
For general audiences & children.
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We live on a small planet that revolves around a star that is no different in size, luminosity, or location than any other. It is just one among many.
And the planets that orbit our star: what distinguish them from any others?
Are there also extrasolar planets that revolve around other stars?
If that is the case, could it be that there are inhabitable worlds like Earth?
Produced by Albedo Fulldome and “la Caixa” Foundation
Appx. running time: 30 minutes
For general audiences.
Available in 3D
Extreme Auroras is a visual feast. Award winning photographer Ole Salomonsen lives in the Arctic. Join him as he journeys through northern Norway, Finland, and Sweden in pursuit of his passion to film nature’s wildest and most spectacular light show: the aurora borealis, or northern lights.
Filmed with fisheye lenses that capture the whole sky and then projected in the fulldome theater, you will feel that you are right there in the arctic wilderness, witnessing this awe-inspiring natural phenomenon.
Solar activity reaches a maximum every 11 years, and the current cycle should peak in 2013.
For the first time, state of-the-art camera technology has allowed the most amazing auroras to be filmed at close to their real speed. Experience a sense of wonder in your local fulldome theater.
The film also features an animation to show how the aurora is created, and how it results from explosive activity on the surface of our Sun. Man’s quest to understand the aurora, from Biblical times to the Space Age, is described. Extreme Auroras is a light show like you have never seen before. Don’t miss it!
Produced by Arctic Light Photo / Ole Salomonsen
Approximate running time: 24 minutes
Shot in 4k resolution.
Field Trip to the Moon is a virtual journey created using NASA engineering models and scientific data. Like NASA s astronauts, you will come face-to-face with the challenges and excitement of traveling through space to land on the Moon. Along the way, you’ll discover some of the differences between the Earth and the Moon and what makes our planet unique and habitable.
Field Trip to the Moon was developed by the American Museum of Natural History in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Produced by the American Museum of Natural History and NASA
Approximate running time 30 minutes
Suitable for school groups
It is a natural history epic. It is a detective story. Join hundreds of millions of real butterflies on an amazing journey to a remote and secret hideaway, and one scientist’s 40-year search to unravel the mystery – where do they go each fall? Experience the Flight of the Butterflies.
Transformed* from giant-screen film by Sky-Skan
*Transform coverage is truncated from fulldome
Produced by SK Films
Appx. running time: 44 minutes
For general audiences.
Educational material available