Family-Friendly Science & Education Screening

This ticket includes all of the Dome Films listed below. The show starts promptly at 11:30am. ARORA

2019 Reykjavik Planetarium show - An immersive experience about the beauty of Auroras. Take a journey across time and space to understand the science behind the phenomena and to experience the stories of our ancestors. Guided by the lullaby of the Dawn Goddess. This cinematic adventure invites the audience to join the dance of these eerie lights over remote Icelandic landscapes.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4k8RPug3mY

Genre: Epics/Historical, Documentary

Interests: Music, Experimental

Running Time: 21 Minutes

Directed by: Tommy Caron, Sarah Ouellet

Produced by: Maryse De Lottinville

Birth of Planet Earth

Birth of Planet Earth tells the twisted tale of our planet?s origins.Scientists now believe that our galaxy is filled with solar systems, including up to a billion planets roughly the size of our own. The film employs advanced, data-driven, cinematic-quality visualizations to explore some of the greatest questions in science today: How did Earth become a living planet in the wake of our solar system?s violent birth? What does its history tell us about our chances of finding other worlds that are truly Earth-like?Produced by Spitz Creative Media, NCSA?s Advanced Visualization Lab, Thomas Lucas Productions, Inc., in association with Tellus Science Museum.This project has been made possible with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Greater Philadelphia Film Office; funded in part by the National Science Foundation.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sKx2FzqN4E

Genre: Epics/Historical, Documentary

Interests: Journalism, Experimental

Running Time: 25 Minutes

Directed by: Thomas Lucas

Produced by: Donna Cox, Bradley Thompson, Robert Patterson, Michael Bruno

Climate Crimes

Climate Crimes explores the complex relationship between global air pollution, climate change and human migration. This immersive fulldome film investigates how anthropogenic aerosols and other atmospheric particles originating in the wealthy nations of the global north ? Europe, USA, China, and others ? impact global climate systems and contribute to the desertification and migration in the Sahel region of north Africa. The spatial video content is designed to immerse the viewer in this cyclic story of cause and effect.

Genre: Documentary

Interests: Technology, Social Justice, Politics, Journalism, Health

Running Time: 12 Minutes

Directed by: Michaela French, Adrian Lahoud

Produced by: Royal College of Art Fulldome Research Group