Planetarium Shows
The Jim Cherry Memorial Planetarium at Fernbank Science Center is a celestial theater in the round, utilizing the Digistar 7 10K projection system. The planetarium has one of the highest resolutions of any planetarium in the world, creating a stunning immersive environment, while guiding the audience through the wonders of the universe!
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Audience: Best for a general audience.
Elon is a hamster scientist who finds a robot which fell from the Earth's orbit. His spaceship is going to leave soon. Will Elon manage to get the robot back on his ship in time?
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Little Eve
Audience: Best for a younger audience (4-12).
Planet Earth is the only known place in the universe where life has flourished. But how did it all begin? Little Eve, a curious bear, sets out to discover the answer. It tells three thrilling stories: the rise of life, the leap from water to land, and how clever mammals outlasted the mighty dinosaurs.
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Expedition Reef
Audience: Best for a general audience.
Enjoy front-row seats to the stunning beauty and biodiversity of coral reefs in the Academy's award-winning planetarium show, and meet the scientists taking action to protect and regenerate them.
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Auroras: Lights of Wonder
Audience: Best for a general audience.
Experience the aurora borealis as if you were there. The movie does not feature the typical time-lapse images, but instead: high resolution, hemispherical video recorded in real-time with a special low-light camera system that captures the subtle detail, colors, dynamism and beauty of the aurora.
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Oasis in Space
Audience: Best for a general audience.
Embark on a startling and beautiful voyage through our universe and galaxy, and travel through our Solar System visiting all of our planets in search of water. With a proven, audience-tested story and a 95% viewer approval rating, "Oasis in Space" offers a new perspective on a substance of obvious importance to our planet.
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