See one of the most visually stunning fulldome shows created for the planetarium in Natural Selection.
February 12, 2016 is International Darwin Day. Ever since Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species it has changed our view of biology, cosmology and the scientific process.
Join the young Charles Darwin on an adventurous voyage of exploration circumnavigating the world with the HMS Beagle. In Victorian times many physical phenomena were already discovered and described by natural laws, but life's most eloquent mechanism was still unknown: How could new species arise to replace those lost in extinction?
It was time for someone to stand up and come forth with a naturalist explanation of this mystery of mysteries. Witness the thrill of scientific discovery by seeing the world through Darwin's eyes.
Make observations of the most beautiful natural scenery and let the pieces of the scientific puzzle slowly but surely fall into place. Allow Darwin himself to reveal this simple and most beautiful mechanism that explains the evolution of all life on Earth: Natural Selection, the single most wonderful idea anyone has ever had...
Using the dome we'll will also learn the basics of navigation and how sailors and explorers have used the stars to travel across great distances just as Darwin did on his voyage.
If the weather is good, we'll also have telescope observing after the show.
Show Time
Friday, February 12
6:00 p.m.
