INTERESTING PLACES

Hello, in this blog report I am going to tell you about a few interesting places in Hilo, Hawai'i.

The first place on our list is the 'Imiloa Planetarium/Museum. Their exhibit was amazing. We saw a movie too. It was called, "Back to the Moon for Good." It was a fascinating show about the Google X prize. A competition where teams are competing to land a rover on the moon. A few weeks ago China successfully landed a rover on the Moon. Here is are more details about their landing from this website below.

"A $30 million Google-backed competition to land a spacecraft on the moon may be about to be scooped. China’s Chang’e 3 probe successfully put itself into lunar orbit on Friday in preparation for an attempted touchdown around Dec. 14.    

 

    However, "China won’t be winning the prize money, which is reserved for privately funded, previously enrolled teams, not government agencies."

Here I am playing a Black Hole game where u have to collect data. But don't get too close or you will get sucked into it.

Above is an information display about Black Holes.

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We also went to the Black Sand Beach. The sand is crushed lava rock, which is so fine the pebbles are turned into sand.

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 We also visited the Hilo zoo! There were a variety of animals including a tiger, parrots, and as you see below a few guinea pigs.

 

They have a wide range of birds, including a hawk.

Good thing this one was trained! 

Also, look at that lama in the background. I think that lama is jealous.

And the last animal we petted at the zoo was the box turtle! I have seen turtles before but this one was so weird! It really look liked a box with a turtle head!

Thank you for reading.

I will see you soon! 

-Jera.