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Felixir · 11-06-2014, 06:15 AM

SPOILER!!: like these dorks

Exoplanets! Toby recognised that word, and the more he listened the more he sort of recognised a fact here and there that he'd definitely seen in his Astronomy textbook. But that was cool about the whole light levels thing, about how they monitored light levels of lights of stars because a small change of light level might be an indicator of a planet passing it. Man. Cool stuff.

As the voice started on about microbes, the image on screen switched to where it was sort of panning through a reconstructed solar system. It wasn't incredibly realistic, but suddenly Toby could vividly imagine JUST how big space was, and he felt... small. Like, all that huge space, and he was a tiny speck on a tiny planet and... wow. WOW.

He shifted in his seat, getting a tad fidgety. MOVING ON.

Except now his thoughts were running away from him, and Toby was getting super distracted even though the voiceover was on about alien atmospheres. As the movie went on Toby tuned in and out and caught snippets of what was said, though probably not as much as he should be hearing.

But no. C'mon Toby. FOCUS. The fifth year shook his head and looked back up at the projection just in time to see an image of that mars robot from waaaaay back when, which reminded him of just how old this film WAS. The voiceover transitioned from talking about Mars to the topic of Europa, one of Jupiters moons. Toby sat up a little straighter and tried super hard to pay attention, 'cause he was pretty sure that the movie was almost finished, and then he'd be able to get up and move about a bit.

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Felixir Forum Manager Book Club Mod Alley Proprietor Banshee Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posts: 50,165 Hogwarts RPG Name: Charlie Upstead Gryffindor Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurelio Kaiser Slytherin Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Alexei Petrov Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Yves Flamel Slytherin Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Achilles Zacharias Ravenclaw Third Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Ezekiel Ransom-Kruus Ollivanders x12 x12	10 - Activity 2 - Planetarium Lovely™ \| Captain Hurted \| Ariana's Bane \| Resident Antagonist \| Unparalleled Delight SPOILER!!: like these dorks Quote: Originally Posted by feeheeheeny A neighborhood full of mansions... Tobes was a thoughtful one, wasn't he? Soph lingered on his comments until the film actually began, wondering if maybe he WAS right and if there WAS other life out there... But, ultimately, no matter what the show said, SHE wanted to hear Flamsteed's opinions for sure. Could they go find him later? BIG EYES. LOADS OF COLORS. CUTE LITTLE DOG BLOCKY ROBOT THING. And one of the blocky-robot person things were talking about seeing strange flashing lights? Probably improper use of magic in front of Muggles. Or FIREWORKS shooting across the sky. Probably a really logical explanation, right? And THEN they said that the bacteria outnumbered a human's cells by ten to one? THAT was kind of radical, and Soph wiggled a little in her seat, IMAGINING all the bacteria surging through her body. That was kind of gross. But if microbes could make their own homes anywhere there was water... that meant there could be life on any planet that had water, right? In theory? So... like Mars? Or Europa? THAT was pretty interesting, Soph thought. Are we alone? The simple answer is... yes. HA! And she STILL couldn't get over how COOL this all looked. It was so BIG and all the COLORS and the GRAPHICS! Soph didn't want it to be over and she was dreading the end. Exoplanets! Toby recognised that word, and the more he listened the more he sort of recognised a fact here and there that he'd definitely seen in his Astronomy textbook. But that was cool about the whole light levels thing, about how they monitored light levels of lights of stars because a small change of light level might be an indicator of a planet passing it. Man. Cool stuff. As the voice started on about microbes, the image on screen switched to where it was sort of panning through a reconstructed solar system. It wasn't incredibly realistic, but suddenly Toby could vividly imagine JUST how big space was, and he felt... small. Like, all that huge space, and he was a tiny speck on a tiny planet and... wow. WOW. He shifted in his seat, getting a tad fidgety. MOVING ON. Except now his thoughts were running away from him, and Toby was getting super distracted even though the voiceover was on about alien atmospheres. As the movie went on Toby tuned in and out and caught snippets of what was said, though probably not as much as he should be hearing. But no. C'mon Toby. FOCUS. The fifth year shook his head and looked back up at the projection just in time to see an image of that mars robot from waaaaay back when, which reminded him of just how old this film WAS. The voiceover transitioned from talking about Mars to the topic of Europa, one of Jupiters moons. Toby sat up a little straighter and tried super hard to pay attention, 'cause he was pretty sure that the movie was almost finished, and then he'd be able to get up and move about a bit. __________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Chocolate!