Daily Celestial Challenge - Wednesday Structures: Geodesic Dome

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For Wednesday's Mercury of Daily Celestial Challenge today, am sharing this geodesic dome of Montreal Biosphere.

Montreal Biosphere is a museum for environment, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Wednesday's Mercury is when we celebrate the great achievement of man, and I think this unique dome for a museum is pretty interesting to share.

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Camera used: Hewlett Packard HPPhotosmart R607

Thanks for looking!

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    This is exceptionally interesting @thekitchenfairy and this Knight for one is very glad you shared. Quoting Wikipedia...

    The Biosphere is a museum in Montreal dedicated to the environment. It is located at Parc Jean-Drapeau, on Saint Helen's Island in the former pavilion of the United States for the 1967 World Fair, Expo 67. The museum's geodesic dome was designed by Buckminster Fuller.

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    The architect of the geodesic dome was Buckminster Fuller.[1] The building originally formed an enclosed structure of steel and acrylic cells, 76 metres (249 ft) in diameter and 62 metres (203 ft) high. The dome is a Class 1, Frequency 16 Icosahedron. A complex system of shades was used to control its internal temperature. The sun-shading system was an attempt by the architect to reflect the same biological processes that the human body relies on to maintain its internal temperature.[2] Fuller's original idea for the geodesic dome was to incorporate "pores" into the enclosed system, further likening it to the sensitivity of human skin,[2] but the shading system failed to work properly and was eventually disabled.[2]

    Terrific structure for a Wednesday!

    Thanks for participating.

    SirKnight

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Biosph%C3%A8re

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    The team at Community News reckon this is the best new daily challenge in the whole of Steemit.

    Impressive structure for the first Wednesday @thekitchenfairy - we are looking forward to seeing more of your entries.

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    I love that thing..and Montreal

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