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The Sky in Your Hands

gente dentro de un planetario con semiesferas en relieve en las manos, siguiendo el espectáculo/ People in a planetarium with tactile half-spheres in their hands

«The Sky in Your Hands” is a planetarium show adapted for the visually impaired. The soundtrack is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese. It is complete with a tactile hemisphere with relief constellations.

Moon

he tactile Moon on top of a cristal table and a garden at the background. La Luna táctil sobre una mesa de cristal y un jardín al fondo

The Tactile Moon is a 3D spherical representation of the Moon created specifically for the blind. It aims to communicate in a tactile way the visual perception that we have looking at the Moon. We have developed a book of activities focused on this tactile moon.

Mars

The Mars tactile globe, painted in orange. One can see the Valles Marineris. El modelo de Marte pintado en color anaranjado; se puede ver el Valles Marineris

Planet Mars, created from altitude data taken by NASA’s MGS mission.

Venus

Venus tactile globe, showing the area of 0 longitude. Globo táctil de Venus que muestra la zona de longitud 0

Planet Venus, created from altitude data taken by NASA’s Magellan mission. We have created a book of activities to carry out with the model.

Mercury

Mercury 3D globe. Painted in shaeds of grey, yellow and magenta. Globo de Mercurio pintado en tonos de gris, amarillo y magenta.

Planet Mercury, created from topographic data from NASA’s Messenger mission.

Earth

Earth globe on a table. Painted in different colours: blue (sea), brown, green and yellow. Globo de la Tierra sobre una mesa, pintado en varios colores: azul (mar) marrón verde y amarillo.

Planet Earth, created from NASA topographic data

Activity Book

Book of activities to carry out with the plantarium’s constellation hemisphere and with the model of the Moon.

Activity Book – Venus

Book of activities to perform with the Venus model.

«Mapelia and Friends» software

Mapelia and friends, a software to easily create a 3D tatile sphere from a map.