Tonight I looked at hundreds of stars twinkling above me. I saw the sun and moon move across the night sky in a slow but hypnotic motion. The temperature was a warm 70 degrees and a little bit stuffy. Where was I? I was at the wonderful Juneau Planetarium. Juneau's Planetarium is the ONLY one in Alaska. It has been running for about 40 years in the Marie Drake building. The admission is free and all the workers are volunteers. Right now there are two scientists that work the giant star machine. You can tell they love their jobs and get a kick out of teaching people about the Universe. My family has been going to the shows for two months. We have enjoyed the presentations and have learned a great deal. Ian is totally in love with all things having to do with astronomy. He HAS to go to the shows and will talk about the future shows throughout the month. He wants to help out with running the machine and wants to ask questions about everything. Ian's love for science is great....so we will do anything and everything to help him learn about the Universe.
Tonight's show was about The Earth Without the Moon. It was fantastic! We saw pictures and slides with the earth covered in water. We learned about the stages the moon goes through and what it does to the tides. Did you know Easter would not exist without the moon? Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox..We found out it would have to be a set day if we didn't have a moon. Hahahaha. All in all we had a great time and can not wait until the next one at the end of November.
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Yea!! I'm so glad you are able to make the shows and that he is enjoying them so much. Quinn and I were talking about them just the other day. (He was surprised to learn the planetarium was right there in his school!) We may be going next month....we'll see how things unfold.
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