Science Museum - London
View allAll Photos Tagged sciencemuseum
Catching light.
Actually, a rope. Different strengths of vibration / rotation of the rope created different types of light patterns. I suspect these 'tight' patterns were created by high frequency vibrations, making the rope taught. But then, I'm not a physicist so the science is over my head.
I could have stood there for hours. I probably did.
(Pre-warning: there'll be more of these at some point; I took quite a few.)
photo rights reserved by B℮n
Valencia is the third largest city in Spain. Valencia is located on the Costa del Azahar on the Mediterranean Sea and is considered the birthplace of paella, one of the most famous dishes in Spanish cuisine. Valencia is also known as the orange city. Valencia is Spain's third economic engine, after Madrid and Barcelona. Valencia was founded in 138 BC. under the name Valentia Edetanorum, by a Roman leader. Valencia has a Mediterranean climate with warm summers and very mild winters. Valencia, like the entire region of Valencia, is officially bilingual; they speak both Spanish and Valencian. Valencian is very closely related to Catalan. Spanish Valencia is more than beach and paella. The highlight that you do not want to miss are the modern buildings of Calatrava. The 'Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències' or 'the City of Arts and Sciences' is a cultural and scientific complex of seven special buildings designed by Calatrava and is located in the drained Turia River of Valencia. It includes Spain's finest aquarium L'Oceanographic, a planetarium, an IMAX theatre, a science museum and a striking event hall. This science park is definitely the number one attraction of Valencia!
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía is Calatrava's showpiece. The construction of this opera complex started in 1995 and has been open since 2005. It is about 75 meters high with an area of 40,000 m2. There are four halls in the complex. One of the reasons the construction took so long was because Calatrava wanted the inside of La Sala Principal completely covered with dark blue mosaic of Valencian ceramics. It takes a lot of work anyway to mosaic such a large hall, but the acoustics also have to be perfect. Surprisingly, by placing wooden balconies in an undulating movement in the room, excellent acoustics have been achieved.
Valencia is twee na grootste stad van Spanje. Valencia ligt aan de Costa del Azahar aan de Middellandse Zee en geldt als geboorteplaats van de paella, een van de bekendste gerechten uit de Spaanse keuken. Valencia wordt ook wel de sinaasappelstad genoemd. Valencia is de derde economische motor van Spanje, na Madrid en Barcelona. Valencia werd gesticht in 138 v.Chr. onder de naam Valentia Edetanorum, door een Romeinse leider. Valencia heeft een mediterraan klimaat met warme zomers en zeer milde winters. Valencia is, net als de gehele regio Valencia, officieel tweetalig; men spreekt er zowel Spaans als Valenciaans. Het Valenciaans is zeer sterk verwant aan het Catalaans. Het Spaanse Valencia is meer dan strand en paella. Het hoogtepunt die je niet wilt missen zijn de moderne bouwwerken van Calatrava. Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía is het paradepaardje van Calatrava. De bouw van dit operacomplex startte al in 1995 en is sinds 2005 geopend. Het is zo’n 75 meter hoog met een oppervlakte van 40.000 m2. Er zijn vier zalen in het complex. Eén van de redenen dat de bouw zo lang duurde, was omdat Calatrava de binnenkant van La Sala Principal volledig wilde voorzien van donkerblauw mozaïek van Valenciaans keramiek. Nu kost het sowieso veel werk om zo’n grote zaal te mozaïeken, maar de akoestiek heeft natuurlijk ook nog eens perfect zijn. Door in de zaal houten balkons in een golvende beweging te plaatsen, is er verrassend genoeg gezorgd voor een uitstekende akoestiek.
Best viewed in large
The Science Museum London UK
The Science Museum is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London. It was founded in 1857 and today is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 3.1 million visitors annually.
Like other publicly funded national museums in the United Kingdom, the Science Museum does not charge visitors for admission.
V - UK (Thanks for 2.5 Million+ views)'s most interesting photos on #Flickriver bit.ly/pt3osd
L'Hemisfèric . This is a reworking of an earlier photo. Hopefully a bit more stylized and atmospheric.
The City of Arts and Sciences,is an entertainment-based cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia.
L'Hemisfèric — an Imax Cinema, Planetarium and Laserium. The building is meant to resemble a giant eye. The Hemesferic also known as the planetarium or the “eye of knowledge,” is the centerpiece of the City of Arts and Sciences. It was the first building completed in 1998. Its design resembles an eyelid that opens to access the surrounding water pool. The bottom of the pool is glass, creating the illusion of the eye as a whole.
There is a miraculous echo inside of the building and if two people stay on the two opposite pillars inside of the eye they can seamlessly speak with each other.
This image may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any forms or by any means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopying & recording without my written permission. ©M.Kiedyszko2013
Catching light.
Actually, a rope. Different strengths of vibration / rotation of the rope created different types of light patterns. I suspect these 'tight' patterns were created by high frequency vibrations, making the rope taught. But then, I'm not a physicist so the science is over my head.
I could have stood there for hours. I probably did.
(Pre-warning: there'll be more of these at some point; I took quite a few.)
Bristol & Swindon Bus Festival, Wroughton Airfield, Swindon.
Wroughton houses the Science Museum "Large Object Collection" (or some similar title) including this one-off concept coach - 4-axles with independent air suspension all round, integral geodetic construction Perkins front-mounted engine. The concept was to produce better ride comfort and passenger safety.
17 August 1997
Captured at the Science Museum London.
From the museum's web page:
A V Roe's Triplane, 1909.
9 H.P. Roe Triplane of 1909. Alliot Verdon Roe (1877-1958) was the first Briton to fly an all British aeroplane, the Roe I, on 13 July 1909 at Lea Marshes, Essex. The aeroplane was constructed from wood and paper, and was powered by a 9 hp JAP engine. It managed to fly 100 feet (30 metres). Roe went on to create Avro, one of the world's greatest aeroplane manufacturing companies.
Una volta, un mare di giovani vocianti
davano, della scienza sperimentale,
un'immagine matura
serena
interessante
gaia
vivida.
A badly deteriorated slide featuring the prototype Deltic in the Science Museum, South Kensington in early 1982