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A little flower, photosynthesizing
Feb. 8th, 2006 04:59 pmUpdated I would have caught more sun as a cycling flower, but I walked to the station and rode the train into town instead. Wandered over to the IMAX, bought my tickets, wandered back to the community centre. Did some independent wholefood shopping - Kaoka chocolate! - chased up an unpaid phone bill for LETS, had lunch at the veggie-Organic-local cafe - ace salads, hold the fake meats... Then wandered back to the IMAX and Science Museum:
Two films and the planetarium for UKP11 all in, as I'm a student teacher :-)
"Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D", followed by, "Mystic India", and then "Stars and Stories".
'Moon' aims to make you feel that you have joined the 12 American men who walked on there. Tom Hanks co-wrote it, and narrated. I'd've prefered a simple 45 min '3D fly around' the lunar surface, but I can see why a narrative had to be constructed - still, it wasted valuable '3D' time. Morgan Freeman voiced some quotes from Neil Armstrong.
'Mystic India' claimed to 'follow a boy on an amazing journey' but often felt like a tourist film. The boy is Neelkanth, who in 1800 became Swaminarayan. Still, the IMAX screen was beautifully filled with Indian people, landscapes, temples and festivals.
Tonight, the sky is beautifully clear, so perhaps I will see Mars and Saturn as I cycle to meet my aikido sempai in the pub tonight?
At the end I got them to turn the Planetarium to the southern hemisphere, and they quickly ran around 'today at the South Pole' but with the Sun 'turned down to minimum' :-) The Magellanic Clouds and the Galactice Centre weren't as bright as I remember them. ( Technical criticism )
Two films and the planetarium for UKP11 all in, as I'm a student teacher :-)
"Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D", followed by, "Mystic India", and then "Stars and Stories".
'Moon' aims to make you feel that you have joined the 12 American men who walked on there. Tom Hanks co-wrote it, and narrated. I'd've prefered a simple 45 min '3D fly around' the lunar surface, but I can see why a narrative had to be constructed - still, it wasted valuable '3D' time. Morgan Freeman voiced some quotes from Neil Armstrong.
'Mystic India' claimed to 'follow a boy on an amazing journey' but often felt like a tourist film. The boy is Neelkanth, who in 1800 became Swaminarayan. Still, the IMAX screen was beautifully filled with Indian people, landscapes, temples and festivals.
Tonight, the sky is beautifully clear, so perhaps I will see Mars and Saturn as I cycle to meet my aikido sempai in the pub tonight?
At the end I got them to turn the Planetarium to the southern hemisphere, and they quickly ran around 'today at the South Pole' but with the Sun 'turned down to minimum' :-) The Magellanic Clouds and the Galactice Centre weren't as bright as I remember them. ( Technical criticism )
