Yet taken together it forms a fascinating survey of the ways different artists have responded to the same set of givens: the land, the ocean, the dome of sky above and the uniquely glimmering light.

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In the Blackadder film, for instance, Rowan Atkinson holds up a Tesco Clubcard. (Dome sponsor: Tesco.) Children can have their photo taken with a virtual ET. (Dome sponsor: BT) The hero in the show goes by the name of Skyboy. (Dome sponsor: Sky TV).

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The beetles performed best when confronted with a perfect starry sky projected on to the planetarium dome, but coped just as well when shown only the diffuse bar of light that is the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy.

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