Indoors | Clark Planetarium
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The Clark Planetarium is situated within The Gateway at the intersection of 400 West and 100 South in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Clark Planetarium opened in April 2003, replacing the historic Hansen Planetarium. The Clark Planetarium features 10,000 square feet of free exhibits. Popular exhibits include Newton’s Daydream (an auto-kinetic sculpture), a Foucault pendulum, Earth Globe, Meteorites, Telescope displays, and updating video from the Hubble Space Telescope and NASA TV. The Clark Planetarium is also one of the few institutions to have an authentic moon rock sample on permanent loan from NASA. This rock was obtained from the Apollo 15 mission and is displayed in a special exhibit showing the Apollo moon landings and video footage of the astronauts collecting the displayed sample rock. New exhibits are added on a regular basis.Time:
Fees: The exhibits are free. There is a charge for movies tickets.
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By Jeremy Dye
Jeremy Dye, Tara Dye, Savannah Dye, Madilyn Dye, Cooper Dye, Greg Dye, Laura Dye, Ondylyn Wagner, Jaren Wagner, Killian Wagner,
After visiting The Leonardo, we stopped by the Clark Planetarium to show Dad the huge marble track they have. We spent probably half an hour watching all the different mechanisms and writing down ideas for Dad's marble wall.
By Jeremy Dye
Jeremy Dye, Tara Dye, Savannah Dye, Madilyn Dye, Cooper Dye,
During Spring Break, we spent an evening at the Clark Planetarium. It was a lot of fun. The kids especially loved the kinetic sculpture, the tornado machine, and pretty much all the other exhibits too.
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