Video: Science on a Sphere
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/13/science/13sphe.htmlThe display is Science on a Sphere (http://sos.noaa.gov/) , a pioneering system for presenting planetary portraits gathered from satellites and other spacecraft. Essentially a spherical movie screen of white fiberglass, six feet in diameter, it displays video images from four computer-controlled projectors. Though stationary, it gives the illusion of spinning as the images move, and the nearly invisible wire that holds it up makes it seem to be floating in space.
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