Tuesday, November 10, 2009

National Aquarium presents some of "Planet Earth" in 4-D "Immersion Theater"


The National Aquarium in Baltimore offers a 4-D Immersion Theater with a short film “Shallow Seas” from the BBC “Planet Earth”, reviewed on the TV blog July 11, 2008.

The 4-D experience is similar to what is offered at the Newseum in Washington, but is even more startling, sometimes poking the visitor in the back or spraying the visitor. Most of this short was filmed near Argentina and some near Northern Australia.

The film was preceded by a “preview” of the Northern Australia exhibit, itself in 4-D with a crocodile, with a 4-D chair pegs simulating a bite. The film depicted the two extreme seasons (wet and dry) with extreme brush fires started by lightning just before the wet season.

Remember “Sensurround” for the 1974 movie “Earthquake”?

Related: today, see also “Drama review blog” today (see Profile) for dolphin show.

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