FULL DOME ANIMATION SEQUENCES 1

Comet Nucleus: The nucleus of a comet tumbles slowly through space, shedding debris and gases as its surface is warmed by the sun. 25 seconds

Super Nova: At the end of its life, the core of a massive star implodes causing a supernova. The outer envelope of the old star is expelled into space, revealing the white-hot stellar core, now a neutron star. 27 seconds

KT Impact: Sixty-five million years ago, a 10-kilometer-wide asteroid struck what is now the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula. This animation depicts a titanic cloud of smoke and ash rising over the impact site. 30 seconds

Earth Ring: A ring of debris circles the young Earth. Collisions between ring particles begin to occur, the first steps toward the formation of our moon. 40 seconds

Ring Moon: The newly-formed moon continues to grow as it sweeps up particles in the debris ring. 30 seconds

Earth Ring Moon: This is another view of the previous scene in which we pull away from Earth and see the young moon carving out a gap in the debris ring. 97 seconds

Ancient Mars: This hypothetical depiction shows a young, wet Mars with oceans of water and active volcanoes. Late in the animation this view of Mars crossfades with the dry Mars we know today. 103 seconds