Don't Miss: Earth Observatory's Open House Is Oct. 7 [VIDEO]

PEARL RIVER, NY — So much hyperbole, so little time! But it's totally true when it comes to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. And this Saturday, you get a chance to see why.

Here's what the wordsmiths at O&R had to say about the Observatory and its annual Open House:

Perched on a rocky Palisades bluff looming high over the mighty Hudson lies a dazzling private world of mystery far beyond the understanding of most of us.

That shrouded world and its fabulous secrets — marvels that take the measure of the moving earth, the howling wind, the blazing sun, the restless sea — are only rarely glimpsed by the outside world.

But, on Saturday, October 7, all will be revealed.

That’s when Columbia University’s Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory holds its annual Open House ---- this year underwritten by a $10,000 grant from Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. --- from 10 am to 4 pm, Saturday, October 7 on the Observatory campus at 61 Route 9W in Palisades, N.Y.

The Open House is an all-day festival that celebrates the awesome power of earth science --- its inspiration and majesty, its drama and elegance --- in all its forms.

Meet the rock stars of geological exploration. Talk to the storm scientists who chart severe weather and climate change. Hear from the trouble shooters who patrol the planet on the lookout for earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

You know you’ve always wanted to go in there, the big place behind the fence.

You’ve passed it a hundred times, always meant to find out about it, always forgot to drop by the annual open house, always regretted you didn’t. No regrets, this time.

Now’s your chance to see just what they really do at Columbia University’s Lamont-Dougherty Earth Observatory. Open House, Saturday, October 7 from 10 am to 4 pm.

Watch this video from a past Open House and you will see why:

PHOTOS/ Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory