Solaris

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Solaris may refer to:

In fiction :

• Solaris (novel), a science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem
• Solaris (1968 TV film), inspired by the Lem novel, directed by B.Nirenburg
• Solaris (1972 film), inspired by the Lem novel, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
• Solaris (2002 film), inspired by the Lem novel, directed by Steven Soderbergh
• Solaris (Atari 2600), a 1986 video game
• Solaris (comics), a supervillain in the DC Universe
• Solaris (DAH2), a Russian moon base in Destroy All Humans! 2
• Solaris Knight, a character in the TV series Power Rangers: Mystic Force
• Solaris (magazine), a science-fiction magazine from Quebec, Canada
• Solaris VII, a world in the fictional Battletech universe
• Suzie Solaris, a character in the movie Murderers' Row
• the final boss from the 2006 video game Sonic the Hedgehog
• a fictional country in the Xenogears video game
• a ship built by the Empire of Mu in The Mysterious Cities of Gold

In technology:

• Solaris (operating system) from Sun Microsystems
• Solaris Mobile, the first geostationary satellite systems in Europe for broadcasting video, radio and data to in-vehicle receivers and to devices such as mobile phones
• OpenSolaris, an open source project

In music:

• Solaris (band), a progressive rock band from Hungary
• Solaris (Elliot Minor album), an album by Elliot Minor
• Solaris (Photek album), an album by Photek
• Don Solaris, an album by the British electronic music group 808 State
• "The Sea Named 'Solaris'", a piece by Isao Tomita based on themes by J.S. Bach
• a song by the band Failure inspired by the novel of the same name

In business :

• Solaris Books, an imprint of BL Publishing
• Solaris Bus & Coach, a producer of buses, trolleybuses and coaches from Poznań, Poland
• Solaris Pictures, a film production company based in Mumbai, India
• a brand of photographic film made by Ferrania

In viticulture:

• Solaris (grape), a grape variety

Places :

• Solaris, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Albemarle County
• Solaris Tower Constanţa, a future class A office building in Constanţa, Romania

In biology :

• A. solaris
• Drosera solaris, a species of sundew native to the highlands of Guyana
• Nectarinia solaris, the flame-breasted sunbird, a species of bird found in Indonesia and Timor-Leste
• Pericrocotus solaris, the grey-chinned minivet, a species of bird in the Campephagidae family
• Urophora solaris, a species of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae

Other :

• infans solaris, the sun child, a synonym for filius philosophorum, a symbol in alchemy

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[edit] See also

• Solar, a disambiguation page

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