Pandora – The World of Avatar Pandora – The World of Avatar Pandora – The World of "Avatar" is a themed area inspired by James Cameron's "Avatar". It is located within Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Set a generation after the events of the "Avatar" films, the area is based upon the fictional exoplanetary moon, Pandora, and features Pandora's floating mountains, alien wildlife, and bioluminescent plants. Spanning , Pandora – The World of "Avatar" includes two major attractions, "Avatar" Flight of Passage and Na'vi River Journey, as well as retail and dining outlets. Disney
In the Shadow of the Moon (book) book shares its name with a documentary, and both include many original interviews with Apollo lunar astronauts, it is neither a source of, nor a tie-in to, the documentary. The book was named as a finalist for the 2007 Eugene M. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature given by the American Astronautical Society, and named as "2009 Outstanding Academic Title" by "Choice" magazine. In the Shadow of the Moon (book) In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility is a 2007 non-fiction book by space historians Francis French and Colin Burgess. Drawing on a number of original personal