Imiloa Astronomy Center from hawaii on Vimeo. A visit to the fantastic Imiloa Astronomy Center at the University of Hawaii at Hilo on the Big Island. The center emphasizes both astronomy and Hawaiian culture, and notably uses the Hawaiian language throughout. The low-light conditions definitely put the Xacti HD700 to the test. I could have bumped up the ISO to bring out a little more detail, but I was curious to see what the basic settings would produce. Of course, when we headed into the nearly pitch-black planetarium, the show was over. The above is the embedded video player from Vimeo, one of the only online video hosts to serve up HD content. To see the HD video (and not a scaled and compressed Flash version), however, you need to view it at Vimeo or download the original movie file (111MB/1250x720/MP4). It should look great on an Apple TV. You can also watch this video at YouTube, Google Video, and Blip TV (low quality but fast playing). DivX fans can find this video at Stage6 (in HD). And both MPEG-4 and DivX versions can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Subscribe to the HawaiiVog video podcast via iTunes, or in the media aggregator of your choice via RSS. imiloa astronomy science hawaii hawaiian language culture planetarium museum exhibit family kids hilo university
