It was even hauled up the world's highest mountain by elite climber David Breashears. The beautifully filmed but strangely disappointing Imax Everest was the result. They could've done so much more. Feel the Heat, opening tonight at the Edmonton Space and Science Centre's Imax Theatre. It's more educational than entertaining.
Wildfire is filled with the sort of awe-inspiring statistics that accompany any natural disaster.
There are 250,000 wildfires a year, a Portugal-sized piece of land is reduced to ash each year, fire creates its own wind that can reach speeds of 100 kmh, and so on. The film opens on a placid lake in the middle of 32,000 hectares of forest. A thunderstorm strikes and we see the lookout on the alert for any smoke. Cut to the smoke-jumpers, the advance commandos, as they parachute into remote areas armed only with chainsaws and axes. This thing can go anywhere.