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Telus World of Science/ Formerly the Expo'86 Centre
Vancouver, BC Canada
Science World at Telus World of Science, is a science centre run by a not-for-profit organization.
This geodesic dome ( golf ball shaped ) building was constructed for Expo '86. It was opened in 1985 as the Expo preview center and became the Expo '86 World's Fair Centre.
The height is 155 feet tall with a foundation of reinforced steel in a cement slab.
The dome is supported by 182 piles
There are 391 lights and 766 triangles on the Science World dome.
Constructed using 15,000 pounds of extruded aluminium and aluminium panels on the dome. The panels are 1 mm thick and are covered with a vinyl surface.
Science World has a total building area of 10,220 square metres and a total exhibit area of 4,275 square metres. The building’s volume is 36,790 cubic metres.
The air-conditioning system uses chilled water for cooling and gas-fired boilers for heating.
The OMIMAX Theatre seats 400 people
The screen is 27 metres in diameter. The theatre’s sound system uses high-fidelity, six-channel, two-way sound with sub-bass to create an unparalleled surround sound experience.
I read that the 15,000 watt xenon lamp that lights the movie screen is so bright that if it was placed on the surface of the moon and focused it at a spot on Earth, you would actually see its light.
(Please note** All information has been taken from various online sources and has not been verified to be accurate)
I invite you to view my Night and Twilight album:
www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157649684655761
Thanks for visiting
~Christie
**Being this is a hand held image, it is not quite as sharp as previous shots that I have captured of the same location.
As per attached:
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Formerly EXPO '86
Telus World of Science/ Formerly the Expo'86 Centre
Vancouver, BC Canada
Science World at Telus World of Science, is a science centre run by a not-for-profit organization.
This geodesic dome ( golf ball shaped ) building was constructed for Expo '86. It was opened in 1985 as the Expo preview center and became the Expo '86 World's Fair Centre.
The height is 155 feet tall with a foundation of reinforced steel in a cement slab.
The dome is supported by 182 piles
There are 391 lights and 766 triangles on the Science World dome.
Constructed using 15,000 pounds of extruded aluminium and aluminium panels on the dome. The panels are 1 mm thick and are covered with a vinyl surface.
Science World has a total building area of 10,220 square metres and a total exhibit area of 4,275 square metres. The building’s volume is 36,790 cubic metres.
The air-conditioning system uses chilled water for cooling and gas-fired boilers for heating.
The OMIMAX Theatre seats 400 people
The screen is 27 metres in diameter. The theatre’s sound system uses high-fidelity, six-channel, two-way sound with sub-bass to create an unparalleled surround sound experience.
I read that the 15,000 watt xenon lamp that lights the movie screen is so bright that if it was placed on the surface of the moon and focused it at a spot on Earth, you would actually see its light.
(Please note** All information has been taken from various online sources and has not been verified to be accurate)
I invite you to view my Night and Twilight album:
www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157649684655761
Thanks for visiting
~Christie
A moody, artistic impression of the beautiful world class, City of Vancouver, BC Canada
A cloudy day with an ominous looking sky and building reflections on False Creek.
Formerly EXPO '86
Telus World of Science/ Formerly the Expo'86 Centre
Vancouver, BC Canada
Science World at Telus World of Science, is a science centre run by a not-for-profit organization.
This geodesic dome ( golf ball shaped ) building was constructed for Expo '86. It was opened in 1985 as the Expo preview center and became the Expo '86 World's Fair Centre.
The height is 155 feet tall with a foundation of reinforced steel in a cement slab.
The dome is supported by 182 piles
There are 391 lights and 766 triangles on the Science World dome.
Constructed using 15,000 pounds of extruded aluminium and aluminium panels on the dome. The panels are 1 mm thick and are covered with a vinyl surface.
Science World has a total building area of 10,220 square metres and a total exhibit area of 4,275 square metres. The building’s volume is 36,790 cubic metres.
The air-conditioning system uses chilled water for cooling and gas-fired boilers for heating.
The OMIMAX Theatre seats 400 people
The screen is 27 metres in diameter. The theatre’s sound system uses high-fidelity, six-channel, two-way sound with sub-bass to create an unparalleled surround sound experience.
I read that the 15,000 watt xenon lamp that lights the movie screen is so bright that if it was placed on the surface of the moon and focused it at a spot on Earth, you would actually see its light.
(Please note** All information has been taken from various online sources and has not been verified to be accurate)
A special shout-out to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
I appreciate your visits & kind words of support.
Have a nice week. Happy Clicks
~Christie by the River
**Best experienced in full screen
*** No part of this image may be copied, reproduced, or distributed outside Flickr, without my express written permission. Thank-you
Formerly EXPO '86
Telus World of Science/ Formerly the Expo'86 Centre
Vancouver, BC Canada
Science World at Telus World of Science, is a science centre run by a not-for-profit organization.
This geodesic dome ( golf ball shaped ) building was constructed for Expo '86. It was opened in 1985 as the Expo preview center and became the Expo '86 World's Fair Centre.
The height is 155 feet tall with a foundation of reinforced steel in a cement slab.
The dome is supported by 182 piles
There are 391 lights and 766 triangles on the Science World dome.
Constructed using 15,000 pounds of extruded aluminium and aluminium panels on the dome. The panels are 1 mm thick and are covered with a vinyl surface.
Science World has a total building area of 10,220 square metres and a total exhibit area of 4,275 square metres. The building’s volume is 36,790 cubic metres.
The air-conditioning system uses chilled water for cooling and gas-fired boilers for heating.
The OMIMAX Theatre seats 400 people
The screen is 27 metres in diameter. The theatre’s sound system uses high-fidelity, six-channel, two-way sound with sub-bass to create an unparalleled surround sound experience.
I read that the 15,000 watt xenon lamp that lights the movie screen is so bright that if it was placed on the surface of the moon and focused it at a spot on Earth, you would actually see its light.
The dome in this image was lit in red in honor of Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day (sometimes known informally as Poppy Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth of Nations member states since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty.
(Please note** All information has been taken from various online sources and has not been verified to be accurate)
I invite you to view my Night and Twilight album:
www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157649684655761
Thanks for visiting
~Christie
A moody, artistic impression of the beautiful world class, City of Vancouver, BC Canada
Happy Fence Friday
A cloudy day with an ominous looking sky.
Formerly EXPO '86
Telus World of Science/ Formerly the Expo'86 Centre
Vancouver, BC Canada
Science World at Telus World of Science, is a science centre run by a not-for-profit organization.
This geodesic dome ( golf ball shaped ) building was constructed for Expo '86. It was opened in 1985 as the Expo preview center and became the Expo '86 World's Fair Centre.
The height is 155 feet tall with a foundation of reinforced steel in a cement slab.
The dome is supported by 182 piles
There are 391 lights and 766 triangles on the Science World dome.
Constructed using 15,000 pounds of extruded aluminium and aluminium panels on the dome. The panels are 1 mm thick and are covered with a vinyl surface.
Science World has a total building area of 10,220 square metres and a total exhibit area of 4,275 square metres. The building’s volume is 36,790 cubic metres.
The air-conditioning system uses chilled water for cooling and gas-fired boilers for heating.
The OMIMAX Theatre seats 400 people
The screen is 27 metres in diameter. The theatre’s sound system uses high-fidelity, six-channel, two-way sound with sub-bass to create an unparalleled surround sound experience.
I read that the 15,000 watt xenon lamp that lights the movie screen is so bright that if it was placed on the surface of the moon and focused it at a spot on Earth, you would actually see its light.
(Please note** All information has been taken from various online sources and has not been verified to be accurate)
A special shout-out to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
I appreciate your visits & kind words of support.
~Christie by the River
**Best experienced in full screen
*** No part of this image may be copied, reproduced, or distributed outside Flickr, without my express written permission. Thank-you
Reflected sunset along the border ranges foothills and Mt Somerville — with a radar and communications geodesic dome.
Montreal Biosphere ~ Saint Helen's Island ~ Montreal, Quebec
Nikon D7500, Nikkor 18-300, ISO 200, f/11.0, 18mm, 1/500s
The Biosphere. A geodesic dome built on Saint Helen's Island for the World Fair, Expo 67 (Montreal). It's an icosahedron, a polyhedron with 20 faces. For me, is a planet...
Montreal Biosphere ~ Saint Helen's Island ~ Montreal, Quebec
Nikon D7500, Nikkor 18-300, ISO 200, f/11.0, 18mm, 1/500s
Originally created for the USA Pavillion at Expo 67, the 1967 World's Fair in Montreal Quebec, Canada, this geodesic dome was designed by R. Buckminster Fuller (called the world's first green architect by Sir Norman Foster). Today, the dome is the Biosphere, a museum dedicated to the environmen. It is situated at Parc Jean-Drapeau, on Saint Helen's Island.
The structure originally formed an enclosed structure of steel and acrylic cells, 250 feet in diameter 200 ft high. The dome is a Class 1, Frequency 16 Icosahedron.
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Art installation entitled Dichroic Sphere by artist Jokob Kvist. On display alongside the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre. Part of the 2024 Winter Light event.
I took a quick snap of Montreal's Biosphere as we exited the race track and made I way back to the city by way of Parc Jean Drapeau.
Bushfire smoke colours the sunset over the border ranges. The radar and communications geodesic dome and bush on Mt Somerville are in silhouette against the florid sky.
Not the official or even the informal title of this building in Ruskin FL, but the moniker I bestowed on it. The building is the home of Mary and Martha House Inc., a non-profit refuge for homeless women and victims of domestic abuse.
The building was commissioned in the 1970s by Evan Mixon, editor and publisher of the Ruskin Observer News. He was an admirer of Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic dome concepts. A persistently leaking roof proved its bane, a problem which continued in Mary and Martha House days. The building incorporated a mural as part of Ruskin’s Draw 2008 project, which has just recently been superseded by this Mondrian paint scheme.
Night lighting and East False Creek reflection on Vancouver's Science World dome.
It was announced 03 July, 2024 the facility will receive $19,000,000 from the Federal Government to restore and upgrade the building infrastructure.
The funds will go toward repairing the geodesic dome, the building envelope, and fixes to its heating, electrical and ventilation systems.
Upgrades will cut Science World's greenhouse-gas emissions and reduce its energy consumption by 42 per cent.
The funds will also go to reopening Science World's OMNIMAX theatre and adding accessibility improvements to the facility.
The $19 million in federal funding brings the federal government’s total contribution towards revitalizing Science World over the coming years to $29 million. This includes their previous $10 million allocation in October 2022 through the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada (Pacifican).
Province of British Columbia also committed to $20M for upgrades ahead of 40th anniversary of Science World in 2023
This is the Biosphere, a geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller for Expo 67 in Montreal. This was shot with a Hoya R72 infrared filter. Colors were then manipulated in Photoshop.
"You can never learn less. You can only learn more." Buckminster Fuller
I'm back, and finally cleaned up. Had a blast, and I'm still digesting it all... a fantastic experience. More to come...
This photo does NOT contain layers! It was shot yesterday , a single RAW exposure! Was then processed as Tungsten to bring out more blues! then processed in Photoshop and Topaz Adjust 3! I hope you enjoy this "Space-look" effect!!
******************Please view LARGE! It's pretty cool that way :-) ***************
A rain front crosses the New South Wales border with southern Queensland. Night lights begin to glimmer among the residences on the slopes of Currumbin Valley. The terminator climbs the face of the clouds as the light dims in the shadows of the hillside.
For a few days in spring and fall the morning sun is at the right angle to accentuate two condo towers in Olympic Village on the south east end of False Creek, Vancouver.
Buildings to the left are sun blocked by the Van City tower and the Science World dome by Citygate 1 condo tower. The condition lasts for approximately 5 minutes.
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The Cone Camp after a dust storm
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Photo taken at the Burning Man 2004 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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Originally created for the USA Pavillion at Expo 67, the 1967 World's Fair in Montreal Quebec, Canada, this geodesic dome was designed by R. Buckminster Fuller (called the world's first green architect by Sir Norman Foster). Today, the dome is the Biosphere, a museum dedicated to the environmen. It is situated at Parc Jean-Drapeau, on Saint Helen's Island.
The structure originally formed an enclosed structure of steel and acrylic cells, 250 feet in diameter 200 ft high. The dome is a Class 1, Frequency 16 Icosahedron.
The Biosphere, designed by Buckminster Fuller, is an environmental museum located in Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal.
Built 1971 Architect - Eberhard Zeidler .... At the heart of Ontario Place is the Cinesphere, an 614-seat cinema with an 80-foot-by-60-foot IMAX screen ....
It is a hazy night over the border foothills but the Milky Way finds a way to shine. The bright patch highlighting the geodesic dome on Mt Somerville is reflected light from Murwillumbah a town a few kilometres almost directly behind. It's about 1.45am so only a few residential lights are active on the hillside.
Wilhelminapier, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Floating Pavilion for the Rotterdam Climate Initiative by Deltasync & Public Domain Architects
This is Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic dome (US pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal) Years ago in 1976 the fabric that enclosed the building was badly damaged in a fire and never replaced. It now houses the Montreal Biosphere, something I'm told is well worth going to. It is very meaningful to me because way back when, I studied Architecture at school and my final paper was on Buckminster Fuller.