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Science Centre and Planetarium Director, Glen Moore, inspects ...
Science Centre and Planetarium Director, Glen Moore, inspects some of the photos from the Aurora exhibition.
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Antarctic visions on show in Wollongong
1 Aug 2007 | Bernie Goldie
Most of us are unlikely to have the chance to visit the coldest place on Earth -- so now it’s been ‘brought’ to us.
The exhibition, “Aurora: Extraordinary Visions of Antarctica”, is visiting UOW’s Wollongong Science Centre.
The exhibition is a collection of photographs taken by scientists and technical people who live and work in the Australian Antarctic Territory.
Brimming with colour and exposing rarely-seen magnificence, the collection captures the themes of animals, auroras, icebergs, moons, and underwater images. Even the beloved Weddell seal makes an appearance.
Antarctica holds four records -- it is the coldest, the driest, the windiest and the highest continent on Earth.
And yet, remarkably, it is home to 700 species of algae, 85 species of krill, six species of seals, four species of penguins, and, in springtime, 100 million flying birds.
In 1898, the first Australian to land on the Antarctic continent, a Tasmanian physicist, Louis Charles Bernacchi, summed it up declaring that Antarctic exploration is of capital importance to science.
“Aurora”, thanks to the Australian Government’s Antarctic Division, will be on display from the beginning of August until the September school holidays.
The Science Centre and Planetarium, located at Squires Way, Fairy Meadow, is open every day between 10am and 4pm.
More information can be found on the Science Centre's web site http://sciencecentre.uow.edu.au or by calling 4286 5000.
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