Flight of the Butterflies
The monarch butterfly is a true marvel of nature. Weighing less than a penny, it makes one of the longest migrations on Earth across a continent to a place it has never known. Follow the monarchs’ perilous journey and join hundreds of millions of real butterflies in the remote mountain peaks of Mexico, with breathtaking cinematography from an award winning team including Oscar® winner Peter Parks. Be captivated by the true and compelling story of an intrepid scientist’s 40-year search to find the monarchs’ secret hideaway. Unravel the mysteries and experience the Flight of the Butterflies.
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Aircraft Carrier: Guardian of the Seas
The mission to protect and defend the world’s oceans has become far more complex and challenging in recent years, and naval aviation has become increasingly vital to success. One of the greatest engineering feats in the history of warfare, the modern Nimitz-class carrier is a masterpiece of technology, and the flagship of the fleet. With RIMPAC, the world’s largest and most comprehensive international maritime training exercise providing a stunning visual context for the story, find yourself aboard the USS Ronald Reagan alongside the 5,000 highly skilled sea and air personnel conducting flight operations in the midst of the simulated war exercises taking place there. Rarely has there been a topic so visually suited and compelling for giant screen theaters. See Aircraft Carrier: Guardians of the Seas coming May 27th to Science Spectrum’s OMNI Theater.
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Secrets of the Universe
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Stephen Low takes audiences on an exciting science journey to Geneva, Switzerland, home to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The LHC is the largest and most expensive machine ever built to witness an experiment which takes you back to within a millionth of a second after the Big Bang. Brilliantly executed computer graphics will illustrate the enormously powerful collider as protons rush at virtually the speed of light to a collision that duplicates the conditions of the start of the Universe. Secrets of the Universe will have you join physicist Dr. Manuel Calderón de la Barca Sánchez and his team of scientists who are attempting to verify new theories about the very nature of atoms which could possibly lead to insights that could someday enable new clean energy solutions, or other planet saving ideas. Secrets of the Universe arrives June 17th in Science Spectrum’s OMNI Theater.
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Animalopolis
Animalopolis is a Seussian-styled treatment done in rhyme and verse with a humorous tone, while concentrating on real-world activities affecting selected animals. Among the featured animals are cheetahs, bears, lions, crabs, sea lions, and hippopotamuses. Blending fun, interesting vignettes with the appropriate educational overlays, Animalopolis is sure to make your family go wild!