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The Adler Planetarium is a public museum in Chicago, Illinois, dedicated to astronomy and astrophysics. It was founded in 1930 by local businessman Max Adler. Located on the northeastern tip of Northerly Island on Lake Michigan, the Adler Planetarium was the first planetarium in the United States. It is part of Chicago's Museum Campus, which ...
[nb 7] In 2017, The Dark Side of the Moon was the seventh-bestselling album of all time in the UK and the highest-selling album never to reach number one. [115] As one of the blockbuster LPs of the album era (1960s–2000s), The Dark Side of the Moon also led to an increase in record sales overall into the late 1970s. [116]
Spiral Galaxy, exhibited outside Chicago's Adler Planetarium. John David Mooney is a Chicago -based, internationally recognized artist, known for his large-scale public sculptures, light pieces, and environmental installations. Astronomy, science, and nature have played a significant role in Mooney's art, and his public sculptures often draw ...
In March 1973, the London quartet Pink Floyd released The Dark Side of the Moon, an enigmatic but richly melodic concept album about madness and mortality. Since emerging during the 1967 “summer ...
Similar to the 1973 planetarium showcase, the album played in planetariums, globally, throughout March 2023. [7] [6]During the week leading up to the box set's release a series of short videos were released on the Pink Floyd YouTube channel entitled 50 Years in a Heartbeat – the Making of The Dark Side of the Moon which include archival footage of the band speaking about the album and new ...
Alex Lasker. August 3, 2016 at 4:47 PM. The Internet Went Meme Crazy with This Photo from NASA. NASA recently released this incredible photo that captured the "dark side of the moon" -- and it ...
The phrase "dark side of the Moon" does not refer to "dark" as in the absence of light, but rather "dark" as in unknown: until humans were able to send spacecraft around the Moon, this area had never been seen. [1] [2] [3] In reality, both the near and far sides receive (on average) almost equal amounts of light directly from the Sun.
Man Enters the Cosmos is a cast bronze sculpture by Henry Moore located on the Lake Michigan lakefront outside the Adler Planetarium in the Museum Campus area of downtown Chicago, Illinois. The sculpture is a functional bowstring equatorial sundial created in 1980 measuring approximately 13 feet (4.0 m). [2] [3] The sundial was formerly located ...