Experience breathtaking images from state-of-the-art digital projection in COSI’s John Glenn Theater, home to the Extreme Screen, where 12,000 watts of sound and award-winning films will transport you from outer space to the inside of a water drop.
Tornado Alley is an explosive giant-screen adventure that takes viewers on an epic chase through the “severe weather capital of the world.” Narrated by Bill Paxton (Twister, Titanic), the film follows Storm Chasers star Sean Casey and the scientists of VORTEX2, the largest tornado-research project ever assembled, on separate missions to encounter one of Earth’s most awe-inspiring events - the birth of a tornado.
(Running Time 43 minutes)
Wednesday - Saturday:
12:00pm 2:00pm 4:00pm
Sunday:
12:15pm 2:00pm 4:00pm
Led by South African zoologist Liesl Eichenberger, viewers join world- renowned wildlife filmmaker Tim Liversedge, for a thrilling adventure in the flooded desert. Through stunning 3D photography, they get "up close and personal" with a great variety of big-game animals, crocodiles, hippos, elephants, and lions, and observe one of the largest bird concentrations on the planet. (Running Time 40 minutes)
Wednesday - Saturday:
11:00am 1:00pm 3:00pm
Sunday:
1:00pm 3:00pm 5:00pm
Newly-installed in 2011, COSI’s digital projection system provides incredible color, clarity, and screen resolution. Because it uses fewer components and produces less heat, it is also more than twice as energy efficient as COSI’s previous film-based system.
The projection system isn’t the theater’s only new addition. The use of circular polarization 3D glasses with selected films means viewers can turn their heads in any direction without blurring the 3D image. COSI’s 3D glasses are washable and reusable, making them a green alternative to the disposable glasses used in traditional cinemas.
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