The Science On a Sphere video platform is a novel cinema-in-the-round technology developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In its most basic form, viewers see Earth suspended in darkness as if they were in space.
But just as thrilling as this unusual -- and unusually realistic -- look at the planet's surface is the sheer fun and fascination of looking at a spherically shaped movie. Science On a Sphere literally bends the rules of cinema, revealing new ways to tell exciting, valuable stories of all kinds.