14 November 2018
Losing the Dark now available in Arabic 
That makes a total of 23 languages for the free-to-download show about light pollution we created for the International Dark-Sky Association in 2013.
You can download this latest translation, in fulldome and flat-screen versions!
24 August 2018
New in Bonus! Specials and Shorts
Two Short NASA Mission Shows Added
From their production studio at the University of Colorado-Boulder, we've got more shows available from the staff of Fiske Planetarium to rent/stream! Each is less than 7 minutes long.
Earth's Hidden Water tells the story of the original GRACE mission: the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment. Learn about the twin satellites nicknamed "Tom" and "Jerry", and how they measured anomalies in our planet's gravity field, collecting data about aquifer water flows and thinning ice sheets.
MUSCLES is the acronym for Measurements of the Ultraviolet Spectral Characteristics of Low-mass Exoplanetary Systems. Learn about the observations of a dozen M and K dwarf exoplanet host stars, using using the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and XMM-Newton.
Fiske has more shows in production, including one about the New Horizons mission to Ultima Thule, so stay tuned!
31 July 2018
Coming this fall from Mirage3D!
MARS One Thousand One
Embark on the greatest adventure of the 21st century!
Someday soon, the first humans will leave for Mars. They may be someone you know. Like the astronauts of the Space Age, they'll be blasting off to the unknown. MARS One Thousand One is the story of one possible mission that carries a multi-national crew to the Red Planet. Created by Mirage 3D, with live actors working on specially built sets and in green-screen studios, this 53-minute-long presentation is a captivating exploration of the kind of mission we'll soon see blast off to Mars.
Loch Ness Productions is pleased to announce we will be distributing this show upon its release later in 2018. We invite you to consider adding this show to your theater's repertoire.
In the meantime, check out the MARS One Thousand One show pages we've prepared!
And with the introduction of MARS One Thousand One, the newest of Mirage3D's fulldome shows for general release, we can now offer lower pricing on their previous shows. Just go to any show's LICENSE PRICES page to see the current price grids.
11 June 2018
Losing the Dark now available in Greek 
That makes a total of 22 languages for the free-to-download show about light pollution we created for the International Dark-Sky Association in 2013.
You can download this latest translation, in fulldome and flat-screen versions!
27 May 2018
Award-winning shows to license
Our three newest shows were award winners at the 12th Fulldome Festival in Jena Germany this year. Our congratulations go out to the California Academy of Sciences for Expedition Reef, Rocco Helmchen and Johannes Krass for Dimensions — Once Upon Our Reality, and Creative Planet for EXPLORE.
License them for your theater today!
UPDATE: EXPLORE and Expedition Reef also won awards at the Fulldome Festival Brno.
15 May 2018
New pricing from the California Academy of Sciences
After the introduction of their seventh show, Expedition Reef, we can now offer lower pricing on the first three shows:
14 May 2018
Brand new from the California Academy of Sciences!
Expedition Reef
Hope for reefs in a changing world.
Coral reefs are among the world's most beautiful and endangered environments. In its new fulldome show, Expedition Reef, the California Academy of Sciences explores these fragile, biodiverse ecosystems — and the actions scientists are taking to preserve and restore them.
Narrated by Tony Award®-winning actor Lea Salonga, Expedition Reef immerses audiences in an undersea adventure. Discover how corals grow, feed, reproduce, and support more than 25% of marine life on the planet all while facing threats from climate change, habitat destruction, and overfishing.
Expedition Reef is a compelling and important story to tell. General audiences as well as students on specialized school visits will gain an appreciation of the splendor of the reefs.
We invite you to license this show for your dome today!
16 April 2018
Now available through our Web site...
Autographed copies of Carolyn's books
We're pleased to announce the publication of Carolyn's latest book called Space Exploration: Past, Present, Future!
It joins her other books, all available from our new Books pages. There you'll find links to resale partners offering her books, plus an ordering form for buying autographed copies directly from us!
Check it out!
2 April 2018
Goodbye to the dedicated fax line.
Once upon a time, we used a dedicated phone data line for our computers' dialup modems, fax machine, credit-card terminal and such. As with 35mm slides, the technology of the last millennium has gone by the wayside. Last year, we received all of one fax transmission; most of the time it was just wrong numbers. So — years overdue, actually — our fax line has been retired. Oh, our fax machine is still here, gathering dust in the corner; call us if you absolutely must send your purchase order by fax, and we'll hook it up.
9 March 2018
TRY Before You BUY — Special Offer Expanded
We're now including shows from the Adler Planetarium, the California Academy of Sciences, the Museum of Science, Boston, and Creative Planet in our "TRY Before You BUY" offer.
Rent the show from FULLDOME OnDemand to try it out. Then, should you decide to purchase the long-term license from us, we'll credit the rental fees you paid for the show!
Applies only to shows displaying our "TRY Before You BUY" icon.
UPDATE — Now including shows from Mediendom Kiel and Molecularium Project too!
1 March 2018
New showreels posted!
With last month's IMERSA Summit as a catalyst, we created updated sampler showreels showcasing all the shows we currently have available. We played them on the dome at COSI during IMERSA... and now you can play them on your dome, too.
There are actually three showreels:
• LNP Blast! — the feature-length shows we've made ourselves. These include such long-time and enduring favorites as our holiday show Season of Light, Larry Cat in Space, and 10 others.
• LNP Collab Blast! — shows we've collaborated on with other producers, ranging from astronomy and oceanography topics to science explorations through art and music.
• LNP Distrib Blast! — shows that we distribute for a wide range of producers from around the world.
They're available for download — so you can play them on your fulldome system and see how they look on your dome. Bring in your administrators and give 'em a taste of the shows you want to order next!
For instant gratification, they're available to preview online, of course — using the HD and 360 video players on our YouTube channel, or Flash players here on our site if your institution's nanny filters block streaming videos.
We're quite proud of all the shows, and particularly enjoy our work with others on their shows as collaborators. Whether we supply music and soundtrack expertise, script editing or voice-over work, we're incredibly pleased to work with such talented colleagues on fulldome production and distribution.
We're always on the lookout for other great shows we think should find a home in your dome. Our latest additions, EXPLORE from Creative Planet, and Dimensions — Once Upon Our Reality are some of the finest works we've ever seen. EXPLORE played to great acclaim at IMERSA, and we wowed the audiences at the Summit with the trailer for Dimensions.
Enjoy! And, send your purchase orders!
UPDATE — We posted a few more large-format showreels: 3200px fisheye, and Sp4096 slices for Digistar theaters with that config.
21 February 2018
Our first new show for 2018!
Dimensions — Once Upon Our Reality
Can a question itself be more powerful than its answer?
Have you ever pondered the really big questions, such as "What is reality?" and "Is there more to the Universe than what we perceive with our senses"?
That's what media artists Rocco Helmchen and Johannes Kraas explore in their newest creation, Dimensions — Once Upon Our Reality, a scientifically inspired art and music fulldome show about the mysteries of time and space, the quantum universe, and the multiverse.
Loch Ness Productions was pleased to work with the producers on the English translation of this show (originally commissioned by the Planetarium Sternwarte Bochum in Germany). It's now ready for world-wide distribution, and should be of special interest to educators looking for creative STEM and STEAM programming.
Dimensions—Once Upon Our Reality invites audiences to let go, drift away, think big, have fun, and most of all, stay curious about physics, math, and more. It's an amazing and entertaining journey built on and inspired by science and discovery.
More info, previews and online ordering here!
For instant gratification, rent the show on FULLDOME OnDemand!
And get it for virtual reality viewing at VR Dome Theater!
1 January 2018
TRY Before You BUY — Special Offer
Are you thinking of buying a traditional show license, but you aren't sure about the major budget outlay? Why not rent the show from FULLDOME OnDemand to try it out?
Bring in some test audiences — your friends, supporters, administrators.
Then, should you decide to purchase the long-term license from us, we'll credit the rental fees you paid for the show!
If you decide not to, you'll only be out the rental fee instead of hundreds or thousands of dollars. Of course, you can rent it over and over again too!
Applies only to shows displaying our "TRY Before You BUY" icon.
2017
Here's last year's news, if you haven't been here for a while and want to catch up.
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