I enjoy cities because there is so much to do. Salt Lake is no exception to this. The Malls are, of course, some of the highlights, Hogle zoo is entertaining, Jazz games are exciting, and there is the Clark Museum.
If you are looking for a little science in your life, pop in to the museum where you can sit back, and watch a few different films.
I enjoyed watching Exploding Universe. The movie is shown in a dome theatre so it as if the universe is surrounding you. The film goes from through the creation of the universe from the perspective of the big bang theory. It showed how the entire universe came about from small protons. These protons, with neutrons and electrons, eventually formed atoms. The elements which were created eventually formed stars, galaxies, and our earth. The earth then evolved until it became inhabited with life.
The movie was very interesting from a scientific point of view. It showed giant stars detonating to become supernova. It also talked about black holes and illustrated supermassive black holes and the havoc they can reek. The movie depicted super volcanoes and showed how they have helped in transforming the earth into a life bearing planet. The movie also showed how the earth continuously changed even from the beginning of it’s creation. The meteorite which struck the Yucatan peninsula and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs was portrayed.
The end of the film returned to the small proton that began the universe and is still an elementary particles which continues to have a role in our universe. Exploding Universe suggested and showed how out of devastation comes creation. It seems to be the circle of life as well as the circle of the universe.
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