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Event:
3D Theater Presentation: Tornado Alley
Start:
May 29, 2012 9:00 am
End:
May 29, 2012 1:00 pm
Cost:
Ages 6 and older. $6 adults; $5 children, students & seniors, plus NYSCI admission. (NYSCI members: $5 adults, $4 children, students & seniors)
Organizer:
New York Hall of Science
Updated:
May 10, 2012
Schedule:
Every day until June 30, 2012 (See all)
Venue:
New York Hall of Science
Address:
47-01 111 St , Queens, NY, 10368, United States

Join Storm Chasers star Sean Casey and the researchers of VORTEX 2, the most ambitious effort ever made to understand the origins and evolution of tornadoes, on this heart-pounding science adventure. Armed with a 70mm camera, a fleet of customized vehicles designed to withstand gale force winds, torrential rains and unrelenting hail, and an arsenal of the most advanced weather measurement instruments ever created, the stars of Tornado Alley take audiences on a thrilling quest to experience a tornado’s destructive power at point blank range. Experience the adrenaline and the science of nature’s most dramatic phenomena!

Traversing the “severe weather capital of the world,” Tornado Alley documents two unprecedented missions seeking to encounter one of Earth’s most awe-inspiring events—the birth of a tornado. Filmmaker Sean Casey’s personal quest to capture the birth of a tornado with a 70mm camera takes viewers on a breathtaking journey into the heart of the storm. A team of equally driven scientists, the VORTEX2 researchers, experience the relentless strength of nature’s elemental forces as they literally surround tornadoes and the supercell storms that form them, gathering the most comprehensive severe weather data ever collected. This science adventure reveals the beauty and the power of some of our planet’s most extreme—and least understood—weather phenomena.

For more 3D fun, watch Wild Ocean.

Screening times – April 1 – June 30, 2012
(unless otherwise noted below):
Monday – Thursday, 11 am
Friday, 11 am & 3 pm
Weekends, 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30 pm

Special Screening Times:
May 19: 11 am and 4 pm
June 4: no screenings

Groups:
For pricing and to reserve your screening time, call 718-699-0301,
Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm.

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