Ongoing Exhibits
Outdoor Science Park
— Forces That Shape the Bay
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See the Earth from space—without ever leaving the ground!
Get an astronaut’s-eye-view of Earth’s surface as it changes minute to 
minute, by the hour, through the seasons, and over the years. You won’t need a spacecraft to see it happen at Science on a Sphere.
Science on a Sphere creates stunning visual effects from real scientific data, and displays them on a six-foot-diameter globe. Three-dimensional video projectors show visitors such effects as the expanding wave pattern of a devastating tsunami, massive storms forming and moving over Earth’s oceans and landmasses, and night lights around the globe that reveal our planet’s most densely populated areas.
Suspended from the ceiling, the animated sphere seems to float in space—just as an astronaut would see the Earth. Images of our planet’s weather patterns, climate change, ocean temperature, and more on the giant globe help visitors of all ages understand complex environmental processes that affect everyone on our planet.
Science on a Sphere was developed by Researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Science on a Sphere® has been made possible
through generous support from
The Stephen J. Bechtel Fund
Rochelle D. Ridgway
UC Berkeley Division of Student Affairs