Seeing in the Dark, a film by Timothy Ferris
by Vern on Aug.18, 2007, under Astronomy, Observing
Friday evening we went to the Little Thompson Obsvervatory in Berthoud, CO. to a pre-screening of the upcoming PBS film “Seeing in the Dark” by Timothy Ferris.
The documentary film features beautiful, high definition scenic and astronomical photography. The film is about the joy of observing the night sky with telescope and camera. It starts out with Ferris’s reminiscence of observing from a Florida beach as a teenager in the 1950s. It has interviews with a number of amateur astronomers such as Robert Gendler, the Bisque brothers (who were in attendence at the LTO screening), and shots of the 2006 Stellafane ATM convention. It is a beautifully done, extremely interesting film.
The film is being prescreened by PBS at various planetariums. The next showing in the Denver area is at the Fiske Planetarium in Boulder on Wed. Aug. 29 at 7:00 pm. It will air on PBS stations on Wed. Sept 19, check your local listings.
