Space Museum launches new Omnimax show "Wild Africa" (with photos)

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     The Hong Kong Space Museum's new Omnimax show, "Wild Africa", will be launched tomorrow (March 1). The show will take audiences on a journey to Africa and reveal how water shapes this unique and dramatic continent.

     Whether it is travelling above the plains with seasonal winds, cascading along raging rivers or sheltering coral cities, water makes everything vibrant along its way.

     In the show, water becomes a tour guide to introduce the special landscapes of Africa to audiences. Viewers will also be able to discover the rarely known and interesting facts of this enchanted kingdom. For instance, Mount Kenya is topped with ice and snow even though it is near the equator; there are substances in Lake Bogoria that turn flamingos pink; and elephant herds are led by the matriarch, one of the older females, in the search for hidden water sources.

     "Wild Africa" not only reveals the dynamic nature of Africa, but also offers audiences an amazing lesson to learn about the earth by introducing the fascinating animals that can be found there.

     The 42-minute show will be screened until August 31 at the museum's Stanley Ho Space Theatre. It will be screened daily at 1.30pm, 5pm and 8.30pm. Tickets priced at $24 (front stalls) and $32 (stalls) are available at the Hong Kong Space Museum Box Office and URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). The museum is closed on Tuesdays (except public holidays).

     The Space Museum is located at 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. For further information, call 2721 0226 or visit the website at hk.space.musuem.

Ends/Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Issued at HKT 15:00

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The Hong Kong Space Museum's new Omnimax show, "Wild Africa", will be launched tomorrow (March 1). Viewers will learn more about the critically endangered mountain gorilla. It is estimated that there are only 900 mountain gorillas remaining. Mature males grow a prominent patch of silver hair on their back.

The Hong Kong Space Museum's new Omnimax show, "Wild Africa", will be launched tomorrow (March 1). The film features the African elephant, which is the largest existing land animal in the world. Being a herbivore with a large appetite, an adult elephant can consume up to 140 kilograms of plants and 200 litres of water a day.

The Hong Kong Space Museum's new Omnimax show, "Wild Africa", will be launched tomorrow (March 1). The film includes scenes on the lesser flamingo, which is the flamingo species with the highest population in Africa. The birds' beaks contain thousands of filters which help them to sieve out the food in water. Lake Bogoria in Kenya is one of their major feeding sites, offering a great abundance of blue-green algae.

The Hong Kong Space Museum's new Omnimax show, "Wild Africa", will be launched tomorrow (March 1). Viewers will learn about Namaqua chameleons, which are commonly found in the Namib Desert of southern Africa. Their independently mobile eyes enable them to have 180-degree vision, which is useful for catching small insect prey.

The Hong Kong Space Museum's new Omnimax show, "Wild Africa", will be launched tomorrow (March 1). Included in the film are scenes of coral reefs, often known as the rainforests of the sea. A quarter of marine life depends on coral reefs and it is estimated that up to 4 000 different species can live together on a reef. The Red Sea is one of the world's most biodiverse coral reef regions.