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The trademark Spaceship Earth in EPCOT Center, "a utopian city of the future planned by Walt Disney".
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Night picture taken in "Gare do Oriente" train station at Lisbon - Portugal (2005)
Picture Details:
Camera - Nikon F70
Lenses - Nikon AF Nikkor 28-105mm f3.5-4.4D
Slide film - Fujichrome Velvia rated at ISO 50
exposure time - about 30sec @ f16
(no digital treatment besides cropping)
This spaceship is in a wooded area on 501 between Brookneal and Lynchburg. When I first noticed it about 2 years ago it had an inflatable green alien hanging from a nearby tree.
Geometrically, Spaceship Earth is a pentakis dodecahedron, with each of the 60 isosceles triangle faces divided into 16 smaller equilateral triangles (with a bit of fudging to make it rounder). Each of those 960 flat panels is sub-divided into four triangles, each of which is divided into three isosceles triangles to form each point. In theory, there are 11,520 total isosceles triangles forming 3840 points. In reality, some of those triangles are partially or fully nonexistent due to supports and doors; there are actually only 11,324 of them, with 954 partial or full flat panels.
The cladding was designed so that when it rains, no water pours off the sides onto the ground. (All water is "absorbed" through one inch gaps in the facets and is collected in a gutter system - and finally channeled into the World Showcase Lagoon.)
In this picture: Spaceship Faster
This is an amazing duo I saw at the Amazing Grace Cafe in Duluth. They use a very turkish drumming style and an electric violin and I sat and watched as long as I could, which was awhile. (continued on Spaceship Faster2)
Goal: to build a smaller studio type building for working and relaxing that was under 120 square feet. However, not a fully functioning cabin, more of a shelter. Endless ideas and concepts circled this project and many new skills learned from the Habitat build were put to the test. Initial sketches for the Spaceship.
More Spaceship sketches: