Bugs in the planetarium? Bugs in the planetarium? ADVERTISING Yes! They will arrive at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 7, in the form of “A Rainforest Adventure: Bugs!” — the featured show this spring at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center. “Bugs!,” in stereoscopic
Bugs in the planetarium?
Yes! They will arrive at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 7, in the form of “A Rainforest Adventure: Bugs!” — the featured show this spring at ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center.
“Bugs!,” in stereoscopic 3D, gives the audience a view of the fascinating universe of insects, seen magnified up to 250,000 times their normal sizes.
“Become immersed in a miniature world, where a leaf weighs as much as a car and a single raindrop can quench the largest thirst,” said ‘Imiloa spokesman Vinnie Recinto. The show focuses on the life cycles of a praying mantis and a butterfly, from their birth to their inevitable encounter in the tropical rainforest of Southeast Asia, where predator meets prey.
Narrated by Dame Judi Dench, this 3D adventure will journey through a land where insects rule.
The other planetarium offerings this spring will be “Awesome Light I: Big Mirrors on the Mountain” at 2 p.m., and the signature show, “Mauna Kea: Between Earth and Sky,” at 1 p.m.
“Big Mirrors on the Mountain” looks at the most recent discoveries from Mauna Kea observatories, including the Canada France Hawaii Telescope, Gemini Observatory and Subaru Observatory.
Learn what makes these observatories unique and how they are helping us understand our place in the universe. Explore discoveries of exo-planets, supernova and galactic superstructures, and the observatory technology which made these possible.
Admission is required for exhibit hall and planetarium entry. Visit www.imiloahawaii.org.
