The Blue Planet Video Presentation - Feburary 19th, 2010 at West Georgia's Crider Lecture Hall

On Friday, February 19th, The University of West Georgia will be hosting a free video presentation of the nature documentary series The Blue Planet. The event will be sponsored by NASA's Georgia Space Grant Consortium.

The Killer Whale is the largest species of the dolphin family. (copyright to Wikipedia.com)

Dr. Benjamin de Mayo, Professor of Physics, has been at West Georgia since 1971, and wishes to invite everyone and anyone out to this screening. Due to certain scenes depicting the violent nature of animals the video presentation is recommended for kids ages ten and up. The viewing will take place from 7-8:30 P.M. on West Georgia's campus at the Boyd Building inside the Crider Lecture Hall. Kids are encouraged to come to learn about the ocean's many unknown secrets which are both fascinating and well scripted.

Phytoplankton forms the basis of all sea life and plays a huge factor into all life in the planet as well. (copyright to wikipedia.com)

This particular episode focuses on a variety of the ocean's life including the grey whale and its enormous 19,000 kilometer migration, the largest albatross breeding colony in the world, and how the microscopic phytoplankton forms the basis of all sea life. There is more is known about Mars and the moon than the mysteries of the oceans.

Albatross Island
- Over 70% of the global population of Black-browed Albatross breed in the Falkland Islands. (copyright to acap.aq)

The University of West Georgia is located at 1601 Maple Street, Carrollton GA, 30117. Further location details can be found through a searchable campus map of the university at www.westga.edu

The Blue Whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived on our planet. A short clip from BBC's The Blue Planet series. Episode 1 - The Blue Planet

Please check back here for future update regarding more of West Georgia's video presentations. Here are the next screenings that will take place.
Friday, April 2nd,2010 - A Trip to the Andromeda Galaxy - An Astronomy Presentation
Saturday, May 15th, 2010 - A Voyage to Pluto - An Astronomy Presentation