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Although this was in the town of Augusta, a bit south of where we live, so that might've had a little to do with it.
i liked the overhead tanks. one really felt like one was underwater. the only weird thing was that for many of the species, especially in the otherwise cool river exhibit, the water should have been much murkier than it was. i felt especially bad for the electrosensing critters, who were neatly displayed in nice murk-free water that, unless the aquarium was really clever about their electrolyte balance, presumably rendered the critters more-or-less blind.
Fruit bats (flying foxes) roost during the day. They hang upside down from the branches and squawk loudly (apparently, they squabble). They're huge too- the size of small cats.
Lindeman Island Club Med Resort. The Whitsundays, Queensland, Australia.
Wind Machine
2002
This is one of Vollis Simpson's Whirligigs. It is located in the park at the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh.
"Simpson’s fame came near the end of his life. He was born in 1919 to a farming family with 12 children. As a boy, he helped his father supplement the family income by moving houses. After retiring at 65, he started tinkering around with his collection of odd parts. Using some of the same rigs he’d developed for moving houses, Simpson began constructing enormous windmills in his yard. The Whirligigs incorporate highway and road signs, HVAC fans, bicycles, ceiling fans, mirrors, stovepipes, I-beams, pipe, textile mill rollers, ball bearings, aluminum sheeting, various woods, steel rods, rings, pans, milkshake mixers and many more such materials form the support and moving parts.
In 2010, a plan was announced to create the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park in Historic Downtown Wilson, NC. Simpson died in 2013 at 94, but not before seeing the first of his creations installed in the park that bears his name."
It was windy, so I had to lean against the pole. The sky kept changing. I added a Lightroom HDR preset and added the borders in Photoshop.
You can see some other shots from the park on my flickr site: www.flickr.com/photos/needlepointernc/
The Virginia Theater was designed by C. Howard Crane in 1920 and it opened in 1921. The exterior is is in the Italian Renaissance style and is all gorgeous terra cotta (search me photostream for some close-ups). The interior is designed in the Spanish Renaissance style. Interestingly, the Virginia Theater was not constructed for any one of the major theater chains but commissioned by a local contractor A.W. Stoolman and he named it after his daughter (if you were wondering why a theater named Virginia happens to be in downtown Champaign, IL).
The Virginia Theater closed in 1992, and went through a series of owners before being purchased by the Champaign Park District in 2000. They have been slowly restoring the theater.
It's a venue for local productions, signature movies, touring companies, and the Roger Ebert Film Festival.
The Virginia Theater is on the National Register #03001201.
♫ She's got a smile that it seems to me ♫
♫ Reminds me of childhood memories ♫
♫ Where everything ♫
♫ Was as fresh as the bright blue sky ♫
...that you just have to take. no matter how many times its been done, its just got to be done once more if not just for me!