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This MOC is a version of the work 'Mundo interior' by artist Gustavo Torner (Cuenca [Spain], 1925) that can be seen at the Museo de Arte Abstracto Español.
At this link you can see the original work.
For this MOC I wanted to be faithful to the original work but also make something different.
To achieve the first I had to dig into my part selection in order to get the shape right.
To achieve the second I did not join the exterior part with the interior one, to get a somewhat different meaning for this creation.
This have been a strange MOC to make, so I really hope you like it.
Please check out my blog for further images www.steveniceton.co.uk
The Infinity Bridge is a public pedestrian and cycle footbridge across the River Tees in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees in the north east of England. The bridge is situated one kilometre downriver of Stockton town centre, between the Princess of Wales Bridge and the Tees Barrage and it links the Teesdale Business Park and the University of Durham's Queen's Campus in Thornaby-on-Tees on the south bank of the Tees with the Tees Valley Regeneration's £320 million North Shore development on the north bank.
Built at a cost of £15 million with funding from Stockton Borough Council, English Partnerships and its successor body the Homes and Communities Agency, One NorthEast, and the European Regional Development Fund the bridge is a major part of the North Shore Redevelopment Project undertaken by Tees Valley Regeneration.
The bridge had the project title North Shore Footbridge before being given its official name Infinity Bridge, chosen by a panel made from the funding bodies, using names suggested by the public. The name derives from the infinity symbol formed by the bridge and its reflection.
A special feature is made of the way the bridge is lit at night. This lighting scheme was designed by Speirs and Major Associates who also designed the lighting for the Burj Al-Arab. At night the bridge handrail and footway are lit with designer blue and white LED lighting built into the handrail that changes colour as users cross. Attached to the steel cable ties are white metal-halide up-lighters to illuminate the white painted bridge arches, and blue LED down-lighters to illuminate the water and ground surfaces immediately below the deck.At night from certain viewing angles when the river surface is flat calm, the twin arches together with their reflection in the river appear as an infinity symbol ∞, and it is this effect that inspired its name.
At the start of construction a temporary jetty was built on the south bank to enable the building of a cofferdam for the safe construction of the central pier. In April 2008 the supporting legs were added to the central pier.Steel falsework was constructed in the cofferdam by Dorman Long[ to support the ends of both incomplete arches as they cantilevered over the river during construction. The first steel arch made from four pieces of fabricated steel welded together, was put in place in June 2008 and was later used to stabilise the cantilevering lower portions of the main arch using a strand-jack and tie cable between the top of the small arch and the large arch and then to reduce sway stress during its progressive construction of the large arch.
The final section of the main arch came in four pieces which were welded together on site and on 5 September 2008 all 170 tonnes of it was lifted into place by a 1,500 tonne mobile crane, the largest in the country. The crane, a Gottwald AK680 owned by Sarens UK is based in nearby Middlesbrough. The crane is 80 metres (262 ft) high with a maximum of 1200 tonnes of superlift, requires 45 transport wagons to move it,and takes three days to set up using a 100 tonne crane.
The concrete deck panels were cast on site using three steel moulds in temporary sheds in a construction compound on the north bank of the river. Using a short temporary jetty on the north bank the deck panels were floated out on a small barge and jacked into position working progressively away from the river pier. The concrete deck sections are held together by steel welds and adhesive.
The footbridge was completed on time and to budget in December 2008 with 530 workers and uses in total some 450 tonnes of Corus steel,1.5 km of locked coil steel cable, 780 lights, 5,472 bolts and weighs 1040 tons. Almost all labour, materials and components were sourced locally.
The bridge was officially opened on 14 May 2009 with celebrations including a sound, light and animation show, parkour freerunners who climbed the bridge arches with flares, and a specially composed music track and synchronised pyrotechnics from the bridge itself with big screens for the estimated audience of 20,000 spectators along the banks. The bridge was opened to the public two days later. Foot traffic is anticipated to rise to some four thousand people a day as the North Shore site develops.
The bridge won the Institution of Structural Engineers' Supreme Award for Structural Excellence 2009,] the premier structural engineering award in the UK. It also won in its own category of Pedestrian Bridges. The other awards the bridge has won include the Structural Steel Design Award 2010,] the Concrete Society Civil Engineering Award 2009, the ICE Robert Stephenson Award 2009, the North East Constructing Excellence Awards 'Project of the Year',and the Green Apple Award for the environment.
Picture by Steven Iceton of www.steveniceton.co.uk
This is the Infinity Bridge in Stockton. Taken back in early March and converted to monochrome just recently. The reflections in this are brilliant with the river almost still during that evening.
swimming in the clouds, overlooking Singapore's skyline. View frm the top of Marinay Bay Sand Hotel Towers.
Stockton's 'Infinity Bridge' really is a thing of beauty. I saw it for the first time after dark and the lighting is superb. I like the way the blue lights which illuminate the path across the bridge change to white as people or cyclists move across!
There was talk some time back of a footbridge across the Wear in Sunderland, but sadly, it never came to anything.
@ Death Valley National Park, Racetrack
Death Valley offers the clearest night sky that I haven't seen in years. The Racetrack area is such a remote place that when I stood in the middle of the playa and looked up in the sky, I felt like I was the only living soul on this planet. It is so easy to loose track of time when I gazed upon this immense space above, appreciating it not as a stunning view, but a host of my very existence.
Having not been out shooting for a few days, and being a lovely summery Sunday afternoon, I decided to trek into the city.
I walked several kilometers and finally arrived at the pedestrian path of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
With my 15kg Crumpler backpack on, and a heavy Manfrotto tripod in my hand, along with the harsh sun sitting my face, I was absolutely exhausted after my journey so far!
What initially seemed like an easy Sunday afternoon stroll soon became more realistic, as at this point, it became clearer that this endless walk over the bridge would require a little more effort!
On the plus side, I managed to get a few decent shots which I shall post over the next few days!
Thanks to everyone for all of your comments on my previous photos, and the very kind testimonials your have written for me recently - it is much appreciated, and I am very grateful.
Stay tuned!
Explore, Interestingness: August 6th 2007 @ #171
Another milky way shot from our "Schrecksee"-Experience :) I can't say it too often: What a wonderful place on our planet Earth!
Man, that eye patch was more trouble than it was worth... Which is why I made my brother do it. :P
Anyway, this is my custom Thor in his Infinity War outfit. At least, I think it is. I was basing this off some images of action figures for the movie so...
Photo-Realism
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With Imagination we can create New Worlds.
And improve old ones.
Our Imagination has neither Rules
nor Boundaries.
Let's Live our Wildest Dreams. And Dream our Wildest Lives... "
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Kyoto, Japan
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Fushimi Inari Taisha (伏見稲荷大社?) is the head shrine of Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The shrine sits at the base of a mountain also named Inari which is 233 metres above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines.
Since early Japan Inari was seen as the patron of business, and merchants and manufacturers have traditionally worshipped Inari. Each of the torii at Fushimi Inari Taisha is donated by a Japanese business. First and foremost, though, Inari is the god of rice.
This popular shrine is said to have as many as 32,000 sub-shrines (bunsha (分社?)) throughout Japan.Fushimi Inari Taisha (伏見稲荷大社?) is the head shrine of Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The shrine sits at the base of a mountain also named Inari which is 233 metres above sea level, and includes trails up the mountain to many smaller shrines.
Since early Japan Inari was seen as the patron of business, and merchants and manufacturers have traditionally worshipped Inari. Each of the torii at Fushimi Inari Taisha is donated by a Japanese business. First and foremost, though, Inari is the god of rice.
This popular shrine is said to have as many as 32,000 sub-shrines (bunsha (分社?)) throughout Japan.