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Space Museum launches new sky show "Sky Tour: Window on the Universe" (with photos)
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     The Hong Kong Space Museum's new sky show, "Sky Tour: Window on the Universe", will be launched starting from tomorrow (November 1). Audiences will experience wide starry skies and revel in the breathtaking views of earth and the universe through exquisite time-lapse footage gathered from North America, Hawaii, Bolivia, Australia and New Zealand over a three-year period.

     The journey starts in the far north aurora-lit skies of Iceland. The audience will travel across stunning landscapes, oceans and continents to discover different views of the spectacular night sky. This includes the time-lapse footage of the Southern Cross and Milky Way moving slowly across the sky. Viewers will visit the Salar de Uyuni, a salt flat known as "Sky Mirror", where the universe is reflected within a giant natural mirror and, with simulations, traverse the globe to understand why the views of star-lit skies change with latitudes. Audience members will ultimately leave the planet to travel through space to comprehend the true nature of our galaxy.

     The 35-minute show will be screened until April 30 next year at the museum's Stanley Ho Space Theatre. It will be screened daily at 3.50pm and 7.20pm. An additional show at 12.20pm will be available on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
 
     Tickets priced at $24 (front stalls) and $32 (stalls) are available at the Hong Kong Space Museum Box Office and URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). The museum is closed on Tuesdays (except public holidays).
 
     For further information, please call 2721 0226 or visit hk.space.museum.
 
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The Hong Kong Space Museum's new sky show, "Sky Tour: Window on the Universe", will be launched starting from tomorrow (November 1). The still from the film shows Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, which is the largest salt flat in the world and known as "Sky Mirror". It is covered by a thick layer of salt, which is extraordinarily flat. After a rainfall, a thin layer of water will transform the area into the world's largest mirror. At night, visitors will find themselves completely surrounded by stars from above and below in a magical wonderland.
The Hong Kong Space Museum's new sky show, "Sky Tour: Window on the Universe", will be launched starting from tomorrow (November 1). The still from the film shows the Southern Cross above Easter Island. Visible at latitudes south of 25°N, the Southern Cross is one of the most familiar constellations in the Southern Hemisphere, featuring a distinctive cross-shaped asterism.
The Hong Kong Space Museum's new sky show, "Sky Tour: Window on the Universe", will be launched starting from tomorrow (November 1). The still from the film shows the aurora borealis in Alaska. When charged particles of the solar wind collide with the Earth's atmosphere, atoms or molecules in the atmosphere are ionised or excited, creating light to form the aurora. In the Northern Hemisphere, it is known as aurora borealis, which dances in the night sky in high-latitude areas such as Iceland and Alaska. The southern counterpart is known as aurora australis, which illuminates the far south in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Hong Kong Space Museum's new sky show, "Sky Tour: Window on the Universe", will be launched starting from tomorrow (November 1). The still from the film shows the aurora australis in New Zealand. When charged particles of the solar wind collide with the Earth's atmosphere, atoms or molecules in the atmosphere are ionised or excited, creating light to form the aurora. In the Northern Hemisphere, the aurora is known as aurora borealis, which dances in the night sky in high latitude areas such as Iceland and Alaska. The southern counterpart is known as aurora australis, which illuminates the far south in the Southern Hemisphere.