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The Cardboard Institute of Technology (C.I.T.) engaged the Exploratorium with a month-long, ever expanding environment made almost entirely out of cardboard. Continuing the ongoing evolution of the infamous cardboard city Cardburg. This incarnation of the city deals with the workings, aesthetic, and social structure of...
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Here is a shot of Expo Hall at the 2010 Maker Faire taken from the top of the Exploratorium's "Tilt Shift-O-Scope" tower, about 30 feet above the show floor
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This is the press viewing area at Kennedy Space Center. The famous count-down clock is still the time standard of choice at the far end of the lawn. To the right of the clock, 3 miles distant, you can see Launch Complex 39A with Atlantis on the pad ready to service the Hubble Space Telescope. To the left of the clock, ...
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This is the Great 36-inch Refractor at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton. This telescope was completed in 1888 with a $700,000 donation by James Lick and was, at the time, the largest telescope in the world. James Lick is entombed at the base of the telescope. A fitting monument to him. The observatory has gracious...
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Beautifully lit at night, the shuttle is dazzling in the darkness of Kennedy Space Center. Some unfortunate movement of the GigaPan robot during the 0.5 second exposure ruined the otherwise glorious shot.
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Here we see the shuttle Atlantis on pad 39-A one day before the launch of the Hubble Servicing Mission 4. It's just before sunset and we see the shuttle just free of the protective "Rotating Service Structure (RSS)" which has just been pivoted off to the left. The large water tank to the right of the launch pad is part...
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Here we see the Space Shuttle Atlantis on pad 39-A one day before the launch of the Hubble Servicing Mission 4. It's just after sunset and we see the shuttle in the glow of twilight. The large water tank to the right of the launch pad is part of the sound suppression water system. For more info on Launch Complex 39, se...
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Here we see the Space Shuttle Atlantis on pad 39-A one day before the launch of the Hubble Servicing Mission 4. It is enclosed inside the Rotating Service Structute (RSS) that protects the orbiter from the elements while sitting on the pad allowing NASA technicians access to the orbiter and payload bay. The giant cubic...
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The Exploratorium is housed in the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco's Marina district. The is the only remaining building of the Panama Pacific International Exposition held in 1915. The Palace was reconstructed in the 1960's. www.exploratorium.edu
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The Exploratorium is housed in the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco's Marina district. The is the only remaining building of the Panama Pacific International Exposition held in 1915. The Palace was reconstructed in the 1960's. www.exploratorium.edu
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