Today our family and a bunch of friends reserved the planetarium at Valley City State University for a show and had a blast. I’d love to show you all kinds of descriptive pictures of the stars criveting* around the dome, but quite frankly I wanted to sit in a seat, recline with one of my little boys on my lap, and enjoy the two shows put together by the students in the astronomy program. That’s exactly what I did. The gentleman was kind enough, however, to let me have the place to myself after the show to get a few shots in. This was NOT an easy subject to light!

This was a special private event, but the U does put on a monthly public show (I believe on the third Saturday of each month) that you can attend. Click here for the planetarium’s web page to get more details.

*crivet: v. To creep and pivot simultaneously. (Origin: Cf)