Bacteria breeding on a piece of spider silk, the infrared vision of a mosquito, minuscule structures on a butterfly’s wing. These are things you’ll never see with the inferior organ that is the naked human eye, unless you go to Hong Kong Space Museum, that is.
Invisible light waves
From today until Feb. 28, 2015, Omnimax show “Mysteries of the Unseen World” will allow visitors to break through such limitations and see the realms beyond our usual comprehension.
Spilt milk
With electron microscopes, time-lapse photography, high-speed cameras and thermal imaging, the scientists behind this eye-opening film have exposed actions that are usually too quick, too slow or simply beyond visible light.
X-ray animals – look at the egg!
The 40-minute screening will take place daily at 1:30pm, 5pm and 8:30pm in the Stanley Ho Space Theatre at the Hong Kong Space Museum (10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon).
Tickets start from HK$24, with half-price concessions available for students and senior citizens. The museum is closed on Tuesdays and public holidays.
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