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IMAX Theatre

IMAX® Theater at The Science Place

1318 Second Avenue in Fair Park

Dallas, Texas 75210

 

The Science Place's IMAX® Theater, opened June 15, 1996, is a collection of architectural as well as cinematic marvels. The entrance to the theater is flanked by two "floating staircases" rising above a black terrazzo rendering of the solar system displayed throughout the theater lobby. The rendering of the solar system includes eleven constellations, a depiction of Hailey's Comet, as well as a movable markers indicating constellations visible in the night sky. The constellations are beautifully depicted with flecks of mother-of-pearl and other colorful gemstones.

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Uploaded on July 7, 2007
Taken on July 6, 2007