SHOW DESCRIPTIONS AUTOZONE DOME AT THE SHARPE PLANETARIUM Our Violent Planet Written by Dr. William “Bill” Gutsch, Distributed by AVI - Audio Visual Imagineering We live out our lives on our planet’s fractured crust, “plates” that pull apart, collide, producing violent earthquakes, volcano eruptions and tsunamis. This is a Fulldome show about earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, earth, geology and continental drift. The Planets A production of the Southeastern Planetarium Association Written by Jon U. Bell, Distributed free to SEPA members An introduction to the wonderful worlds of our solar system, set to the music of Holst’s The Planets, and narrated by Kate Mulgrew.
SHOW DOME IN HOLIDAY INN UNIVERSITY LOBBY Weather Wonders and Mysteries Revealed Produced by Full Dome FX - Troy McClellan This Fulldome show explores fascinating weather phenomena found on planet Earth. The Alien Who Stole Christmas Produced and distributed by GeoGraphics Imaging – George Fleenor Description: Take your visitors on a tour of winter’s evening sky and then join jolly ol’ Santa and concerned alien, Mr. Freep, as they explore the solar system’s planets and meet the Christmas Eve needs of their fictitious inhabitants. Faster Than Light Produced by Spitz Creative Media, Mirage3D and Thomas Lucas Productions, Inc. and distributed by Spitz Creative Media, Mirage3D and Evans & Sutherland Explore the longstanding quest to develop spacecraft with enough power and speed to reach the stars. The film asks: What will it take to reach a newly discovered planet circling our Sun’s nearest neighbour, Proxima Centauri? Based on real science and engineering, “Faster Than Light” takes audiences on a thrilling journey into the future, aboard laser-driven space sails, antimatter engines, and even warp drive – right out of science fiction. Did an Asteroid Really Kill the Dinosaurs? Produced and distributed by Daniel M. Soref Planetarium Milwaukee Public Museum - Robert Bonadurer Did a space rock six miles wide---really--- slam into the Earth 66 million years ago and wipe out 75 percent of all living species at that time, including the dinosaurs? Explore the evidence and cosmic clues to find the answer in this great family show. Suitable for school groups grade 3 and up. Explore the dinosaur and the dinosaur disaster up close in this original production. 17
