This summer at the International Planetarium Society conference in Chicago, we had 15 minutes in the Adler Planetarium theater for our presentation. We showed the summer edition of Seasonal STARGAZING, which runs just under 14 minutes. So, not to let the remaining minute go to waste, we glommed together clips from all our fulldome shows into one incredibly fast-paced blast.

We've posted links to Flash versions of 1 Minute Blast (in fisheye and pre-warped formats) here and there on our Web site.

As part of the LNP FULLDOME THEATER COMPENDIUM ONLINE!, we've enhanced our Google Earth Placemarks files, to make them more informative and aesthetically pleasing. Enjoy!

We've added a new item on our Video Productions page.

You can watch the Flash version here!

Produced for the Murchison Widefield Array Project, this 10-minute video provides a closer look at a new radio telescope being built in Western Australia by an international collaboration led by the MIT Haystack Observatory.

We've updated bits and pieces of our popular fulldome reference,
A Planetarian's Primer For Fulldome.

We've revised and updated our online listings and product pages for the LNP FULLDOME THEATER COMPENDIUM. It's now available in SUBSCRIPTION form!

Read all about it!

We've posted a Web version of our 2008 State Of The Dome presentation given at the July Fulldome Summit in Chicago.

Through the efforts of our Brazilian friends at Omnis Lux, we are pleased to make Portuguese soundtracks for three planetarium shows available to our customers. (They'll work for both fulldome and classic shows.)

Preview the trailers here to hear samples!

Through the efforts of our Korean reseller Metaspace, we are pleased to make Korean soundtracks for six planetarium shows available to our customers. (They'll work for both fulldome and classic shows.)

Preview the trailers here to hear samples!

TGAWarper/JPGWarper for Windows

We've added another esoteric item to our Production Tools offerings.

TGAWarper/JPGWarper for Windows is a UNIX, command-line style utility to pre-warp fisheye images for spherical-mirror movie making.

Through his Web site, Paul Bourke makes tgawarp available — but only for MacOS-X or Linux users. We wanted a version that would run on Windows. So we obtained Paul's C source code, and compiled a Windows binary from it.

There's no fancy GUI, no installer, no hand-holding. You have to know what you want, and the application assumes you are already familiar with the warping process beforehand. In other words, you probably know already if you need this program.

Details and ordering here...

The next generation of our perennial favorite classic show from 1989!

The Voyager Encounters now features new fulldome graphics and animations to accompany Patrick Stewart's original eloquent narration.

You can watch the trailer (or download it) — as well as view the entire show — from our Previews and Prices page.

It's been a year since we shut down the Loch Ness Productions slide-making facility.

Since that time, we've had a few planetarians send their want lists, looking to fill the gaps in their own libraries, before our slides disappeared for good. Our inventory of pre-made slides — which used to number in the thousands — has dwindled to several hundred. It's time to close out the remaining supply.

Clearance sale!

We've updated our Fulldome Video section, added links to the Fulldome Web Resources list, appended pix to the LarryDome page, and expanded our popular page "A Planetarian's Primer For Fulldome".

Loch Ness Productions is the "sole source" for our fulldome shows (no one else can produce 'em like we can!), and you can certainly order them directly from us here on our Web site.

We have also made arrangements with other fine projector manufacturers and system integrators to provide our shows with their installations, and have posted a Fulldome Show Resellers page listing them all. If you are already a customer of one of these suppliers, be sure to ask them for details!

The next generation of our popular classic show from 2001, MarsQuest now features new fulldome graphics and animations to accompany Patrick Stewart's original eloquent narration. You can watch the trailer (or download it) — as well as view the entire show — from our Previews and Prices page. And don't miss MarsQuest In Depth, a "writer's cut" page where Carolyn discusses the background of this fascinating new take on a perennial favorite.

We've also added Flash multimedia players for all our online music and video clips. With most modern browsers already having the capability to play Flash media, we can provide you with quicker (if not instant) gratification.

Here's last year's news, in case you haven't been here for a while and want to catch up.

Mark C. Petersen, webmaster