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A long-exposure nighttime capture of the Sun Wheel in motion on Paradise Bay at Disney's California Adventure.
Disney's California Adventure, shot of the old Paradise Pier at night. With all the changes going on there, figured it was time to show what it looked like a few years back.
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Explored! Cool! #20 for Nov 21st. ! (at its highest)
Now, I know what you're thinking. "Coloured leaves? Sunlight? That's completely unexpected. Never seen that done before."
The first sun wheel was getting a bit too big for it's boots. After getting all that attention a few weeks back it's been swanning around the house making demands and muttering about how "no-one understands me, its tough being a celebrity."
Well I had to bring him down a peg or two so I made him an older sister to slap him around a bit. There has been a marked improvement, you'll be happy to know, he has even brushed his hair and doesn't only converse in grunts and frowns now.
I did some travelling for work earlier this week and put some extra hours in. As Friday and the weekend are set fair I left work early and got home just before lunch. My partner said to me "so what are you going to do this afternoon?"
"Land art of course" I replied with a grin. This was met with a frown. I guess tactless enthusiasm for a fair weather weekend wouldn't go down well with someone who works Friday afternoons and evenings and Saturday mornings! Especially after we went out yesterday evening and collected a bounty of beautiful coloured leaves that she then lovingly arranged on the dining room table. I'll be having them I thought! I guess there is someone else round here who needs slapping around a bit.
This was constructed the same way as before using hazel, leaves from several different shrubs, reed grass to divide the circle and thorns to pin it all together. The leaves themselves dictated the form. I only had a few larger leaves so those went in the middle, the rest were much smaller and so demanded to be put into smaller frames. Also the colours available were more orange, red and brown with only a few yellow leaves collected and the green leaves were fresh and so had to be used sparingly as they quickly wilted in the strong sun.
Other land art lessons learnt today.
1) The sun moves! No, really it does! Banks of cloud kept rolling past and when the sun reappeared I had to keep moving the sunwheel forward so it wasn't in the shade. As I have explained before land art is very "deep and meaningful" and I think I might be onto something with this sun movement thing, I reckon that might explain what happens at night.
2) It is never, ever the right temperature. It is only ever too hot or too cold. Today the sun was very strong and it was far too warm for anyone other than lizards and Californians. I blame meteorologists. Oh and the banks. And politicians.
Have a nice weekend everyone!
California Adventure, Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, CA
Sat Aug 22, 2009
We just got back from a wonderful trip to Disneyland and I have many pictures to upload. Here is the first one. As part of the California Adventure improvements they changed the Sunwheel into Mickey's Fun Wheel... while in some ways this change seems silly (they basically switched the Mickey on California Screamin' and the sun on the Sun wheel to be the reverse) one of the changes they made as part of this I much approve of... they added some really fantastic lighting to the Fun Wheel and it is a show unto itself... you could sit there watching it for a long time. Unfortunately, as another part of the improvements they have Paradise Bay drained which meant no night time reflections :( I was determined to get some reflection picture of the Fun Wheel and managed to find someplace that still had water! Not a perfect reflection but I still like it!
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Explored! Highest position: 92 on Saturday, August 29, 2009
☀️✨ "Sunwheel", o projeto inovador do coletivo Moradavaga, foi criado para as Festas de São João 2016, a convite da PortoLazer. Inspirado nas cascatas sanjoaninas e no solstício de verão, esta obra efémera ocupou a Avenida dos Aliados. Com um enorme círculo de placas douradas, a sua rotação gerava fascinantes reflexos, encantando todos ao longo do dia e da noite. A instalação foi uma das finalistas do BIGMAT'17 International Architecture Award na categoria de "Arquitetura Efémera"! 🏆
This week in SSC:
"Looking Up"
Last week I was looking down at our pond from the house to capture my eagle photo. This week I am down near the pond looking up at all the rhododendrons that are growing on the hill towards our house. May is always "Rhody month" and it's a real treat that our state flower blooms so freely here.
...and for "Sight and Sound:"
Bruce Cockburn from his album "Sunwheel Dance" (1971)
Inspired by Miro-Foto's marvelous shot of the Sun Wheel.
You can check out the rest of my Disneyland set here.
Kokerei / Zeche Zollverein
Die Zeche Zollverein war ein von 1851 bis 1986 aktives Steinkohlebergwerk in Essen.
Sie ist heute ein Architektur- und Industriedenkmal. Gemeinsam mit der unmittelbar benachbarten Kokerei Zollverein gehören die Schachtanlagen 12 und 1/2/8 der Zeche seit 2001 zum Welterbe der UNESCO. Zollverein ist Ankerpunkt der Europäischen Route der Industriekultur.
aus Wikipedia
Zollverein Coal Mine Coking Plant
The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (German Zeche Zollverein) is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since December 14, 2001, and is one of the anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, mining activities took place from 1851 until December 23, 1986.
(from Wikipedia)
The paradise pier area of disney's California adventure park was always meant to resemble those turn of the century seaside amusement parks that have largely vanished. This view is hauntingly empty with the water drained from the lagoon and the sun wheel in a state of reconstruction.
D-MTAC - WDFL Dallach D3 Sunwheel R - private
at Wesel Römerwardt Airport (EDLX)
The Dallach D.3 Sunwheel, also known as the WDFL Sunwheel and more recently the Fascination Sunwheel, is a fully aerobatic, single-engine, two-seat biplane, homebuilt from kits. It was designed and marketed in Germany.
Sun Wheel at Ha Long Bay, a feature of Sun World Halong Complex, has a changing light show at night. looks like it is in need of some maintenance.
During its heyday Coney Island was the place where the biggest and best of everything was built. So, when designer Charles Herman designed his 150-foot tall ferris wheel it was no surprise he picked the beach at Coney to be the home for his wheel. Construction began in 1918 and was finished in 1920 by Herald J. Garms and the Eccentric Ferris Wheel Company. All of the Bethlehem Steel was forged on site and raised onto the ride's structure where it was attached. The wheel opened to rave reviews and has become one of the island's icons. Herald's son, Freddie, ran the wheel until 1983. One of the current owners, Dennis Vourderis, said "This ride did not come with a manual, as some of the newer, more advanced rides, today. This ride came with the knowledge that was passed down from Freddie Garms...he acquired it from his father, who built it and passed it on to our father Deno, who passed it on to Steve and I." Yes, the Wonder Wheel has the look of old Coney, but what makes this ferris wheel so special? It is all in the cars.
If you listen to the Wonder Wheel turn one is likely to hear screams and some sort of rolling sound. That is the devilish charm of the wheel. The Wonder Wheel is unlike most ferris wheels in that it has eight stationery cars and sixteen that roll along tracks within the wheel's structure. In his book The Outdoor Amusement Industry William Mangels said, "In its revolving structure are built-in curved tracks on which small passengers cars operate. When the wheel is in motion these tracks incline, causing the cars to roll back and forth." Each cars has two rows of two seats, both facing the same direction. As the engine turns the wheel the swinging cars stay stationery until they are a little above the wheel's axis and then quickly fly down about twenty feet of track until they swing to a stop.
The wheel itself stands 150 feet high, has a diameter of 135 feet and holds 144 people at once. According to Deno's Wonder Wheel Park the ride has only stopped once during a major power outage in 1977. But, the owners cranked the wheel around so everyone disembarked safely. The ride was named a New York City Landmark in 1989 and very well taken care of. The park dismantles the cars every year and overhauls them. It also works on the motor and superstructure of the wheel to ensure that it keeps the perfect safety record the ride has had since it first opened.
If one looks east down the Bowery it is easy to spot one of the Wheel's best pieces of advertising. It is a large neon sign that has the words "Wonder Wheel" on top of each other, and the blinking word Thrills! in the middle of an arrow pointing south to the great wheel. There are only two similar ferris wheels in the world. The first stands in Yokahama, Japan and I believe the park's owners got the permission of the family to build a copy of the Wonder Wheel. However, according to Coney Island U.S.A., the new Sunwheel at Disney's California Adventure was built without the family's o.k. In typical corporate fashion they decided not to give the Vouderises the courtesy of a formal request and built their version.
The Vouderis family have built a nice family park at Coney Island with the Wonder Wheel as the centerpiece. Full of traditional family and children's rides Deno's Wonder Wheel Park helps bring thousands of families to Coney Island each year to give their children a small piece of the unique Coney Island experience. If you are in the area be sure to drop into the Wonder Wheel and the surrounding rides because it, like all of the experiences at Coney, will not continue to turn without your support.
A night view of the Paradise Pier area of Disney's California Adventure Park, including the "Orange Stinger", "Sunwheel", "Maliboomer" and "California Screamin'"
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This day in Disney history:
(1947) Walt Disney testified, along with longtime friend and then-president of the Screen Actors Guild Ronald Reagan, as a “friendly witness” before the House of Representatives' Un-American Activities Committee. Disney had been deeply stung by union organizers and, later, strikers at his studios, whom he firmly believed were Communist agitators. Under questioning, Disney identified four of his former employees as Communists, though he had no evidence. He then reassured the committee that he was firmly convinced that Walt Disney Studios had been cleansed of any remaining Communist taint.
Grizzly Peak
Disney's California Adventure
Disneyland Resort
Anaheim, California
August, 2008
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