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Electrify your audiences with award-winning fulldome planetarium shows from the California Academy of Sciences.
All shows are filmed in 4K at 30 fps, and feature 5.1 stereo audio. The Academy's Morrison Planetarium welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with any institution wishing to translate a show for licensing.
Spark: The Universe in Us
Narrated by Diego Luna/Narrado por Diego Luna
Recent winner of the Best Dome Award at the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation, & Technology, Best Science Award at the Jena & International Planetarium Society Fulldome Festival, Best Educational Film Award at Dome Fest West, and Best Astronomy Show at the Dome Under Festival.
From the air we breathe to the ground we stand on, we owe it all to the stars. Journey across space and time to witness the origin of the lifegiving elements that make up our solar system, Earth—and us! Watch trailer
Desde el aire que respiramos hasta el suelo que pisamos, todo se lo debemos a las estrellas. Emprende un viaje a través del espacio y el tiempo para presenciar el origen de los elementos vitales que componen nuestro sistema solar, la Tierra... ¡y a nosotros mismos! Mira el trailer
- Languages/idiomas: English, Spanish
- Runtime/tiempo de ejecución: 24:36
Earthquake: Evidence of a Restless Planet
Narrated by Benjamin Bratt
This sweeping geological journey gives you front-row seats to epic seismic events, from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to the break-up of the supercontinent Pangaea 200 million years ago. Watch trailer
- Languages: English
- Runtime: 22:30
Expedition Reef
Narrated by Lea Salonga
Discover how corals grow, feed, reproduce, and support over 25% of all marine life on Earth—while facing unprecedented threats from climate change, habitat destruction, and overfishing. Watch trailer
- Language: English
- Runtime: 26:07
Fragile Planet
Narrated by Sigourney Weaver
Float through the Academy’s Living Roof and then zoom to the Moon, Mars, and beyond the Milky Way to search for habitats that might support extraterrestrial life. Watch trailer
- Languages: English, German, French, Russian, Finnish, Swedish
- Runtime: 25:00
Habitat Earth: Living in a Connected World
Narrated by Frances McDormand
Dive with sea otters, explore life under the soil, and migrate with whales in this immersive exploration of how all life on Earth is interrelated. Watch trailer
- Languages: English, Chinese (Mandarin)
- Runtime: 24:28
Incoming!
Narrated by George Takei
Incoming! explores the past, present, and future of our Solar System—and how scientific advances may allow us to find and track cosmic threats before they reach planet Earth. Watch trailer
- Languages: English
- Runtime: 25:00
Life: A Cosmic Story
Narrated by Jodie Foster
How did life on Earth begin? Starting with the Big Bang and ending with the biodiversity on Earth today, Life takes you on an incredible tour of our ancient cosmic origins. Watch trailer
- Languages: English, German, Japanese, Greek
- Runtime: 25:51
Living Worlds
Narrated by Daveed Diggs
Learn how light and color can help us spot a living world from great distances and reflect on how we can partner with our own planet to ensure our continued survival. Watch trailer
- Language: English
- Runtime: 26:25
The Academy produces a variety of enrichment materials to accompany and enhance our planetarium shows:
We're proud to work with the following official distribution partners:
- Audio Visual Imagineering, Inc.
- Carl Zeiss AG
- ePlanetarium
- Evans & Sutherland
- Fulldome Film Society
- Fulldome Italia
- Istanbul Planetaryum
- Loch Ness Productions
- Reef Distribution
- RSA Cosmos
- Skypoint Planetariums
- Sky-Skan International GmbH
- Spitz Inc.
- Visual Support Services