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Saturday at the Planetarium
Venue: Radford University Planetarium, Radford
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Event Types: Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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Description:
The Radford University Planetarium presents Saturday at the Planetarium featuring "Earth's Wild Ride" on Saturday, February 1, 2025 with showtimes at 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM.

Imagine Earth were a distant place you once called home, but could never visit again. What would you remember most about the planet, and how would you describe it to your grandchildren?

Set on the surface of the Moon in the year 2081, a grandfather and granddaughter watch a solar eclipse from scenic cliffs overlooking their moon colony.

As they watch the Moon's shadow move across Earth, the grandfather tells stories of crashing asteroids, erupting volcanoes, roaring dinosaurs, electrifying lightning and booming thunder. "Earth's Wild Ride" is like many tales shared by grandparents over the centuries, except "the old country" is really another planet, always visible from the moon base, but totally unlike the granddaughter's world. While learning about eclipses, the ice age, Earth's water cycle and differences between the Earth and Moon, the audience is taken on a roller-coaster-like ride through canyons of raging rivers and hot flowing lava. Adventure and appreciation for home fill this 20-minute journey back to the Earth.

Produced for the Houston Museum of Natural Science in collaboration with Rice University, through NASA's Immersive Earth Project.

Our shows will start with a live presentation about the sky and our neighborhood in space and will continue with a full dome show.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

After the show, visit the neighboring Museum of the Earth Sciences for a trip to the past.

The Radford University Planetarium is located at 925 East Main Street in Radford, VA.

For more information, visit: https://www.radford.edu/artis-college-science-technology/planetarium/index.html or https://www.facebook.com/radfordplanetarium or https://www.instagram.com/radforduplanetarium/ or call 540-831-5652.