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Climatron


Climatron
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Copyright: Stella Marinazzo (meltemi) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 970 W: 206 N: 2385] (8704)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-10-08
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Konica Minolta Dimage G530
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): * U.S.A. * [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-05-21 6:54
Viewed: 791
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Climatron greenhouse at Missouri Botanical Gardens, built in 1960, contains tropical butterflies and plants.It is structured as a geodesic dome.

A geodesic dome is an almost spherical structure based on a network of struts arranged on great circles (geodesics) lying approximately on the surface of a sphere. The geodesics intersect to form triangular elements that have local triangular rigidity and yet also distribute the stress across the entire structure. It is the only man-made structure that gets proportionally stronger as it increases in size. When completed to form a full sphere, it is known as a geodesic sphere. Of all known structures made from linear elements, a geodesic dome has the highest ratio of enclosed volume to weight. The design of the geodesic dome is a complicated matter. In part, this is because there is no one standard design. Rather, there are a number of designs based on taking a Platonic solid, such as an icosahedron, and then projecting each face onto the interior surface of the sphere.

The Missouri Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in St. Louis, Missouri, and is also known informally as "Shaw's Garden" (named for founder Henry Shaw, a botanist and philanthropist).
Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the oldest botanical institutions in the United States and a National Historic Landmark. The Garden is a center for botanical research and science education of international repute, as well as an oasis in the city of St. Louis, with 31 ha (79 acres) of horticultural display. It includes a 5 ha (14 acre) Japanese strolling garden named Seiwa-en, the Climatron geodesic dome conservatory, a children's garden featuring a pioneer village and Osage camp, and Henry Shaw’s original 1850 estate home. It is adjacent to Tower Grove Park, another of Shaw’s legacies.
This venerable institution has undergone many evolutions in the past 25 years under the watchful eye of Dr. Peter Raven, the Garden's director and chief executive. His visionary administration has taken the Garden from a quiet place of introspection to a vibrant and proactive national treasure. The 2003 annual report lists more than 100 individuals under research, a third of them with PhDs.
Every year the Garden is a place for many cultural festivals including the Japanese Festival and the Chinese Culture Days by the St. Louis Modern Chinese School. During this time, there are showcases of the culture's botanics as well as cultural arts, crafts, music and food.

Hope you like it.

* unfortunately, cause the reduction to make this photo fit the TE standards, the explanation cards about the plants in the lake went lost *
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Hello Stella,

Again a shot with excellent perspective, and a superlative note. The plants may be water lilies, but as a specialist on the "A subject," my information on biology and botany are limited. Built in 1960, the "Climatron" did inded invoke Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome design. In Washington, DC there is a very good botanical garden, and so too in Atlanta. I did not know about this one in St. Louis. Warm regards, Stella.
Bulent

Ciao Stella.
The way you captured it gives an interesting effect.
Really nive framed and composed, the reflections are good.
TFS
Evan

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  • TopGeo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2139 W: 76 N: 3160] (14054)
  • [2007-05-21 14:35]

Hi Stella
Superb composition, the clarity and interesting effect The colours and reflection with a axcellent note give the nise to comlete shot, with thanks ciao giorgio

Ciao Stella dai trulli alla struttura Geodetica, un bel salto di stile. L'opera, se non vado errato di Murphy e Mackey, ricorda molto le strutture del grande Buckmnster Fuller, ne abbiamo una anche a Spoleto, molto bella, attualmente in fase di rimontaggio dopo dei lavori.
La foto è bella e rende bene l'ambiente, affascinanti i riflessi, ciao Silvio
PS non so assolutamente che sia quel coso sopra la torre nella mia foto:)

Hi Stella,
Again an interesting note to explain the image which is so nice with these reflections and most of all these plants on the water.A very fine mix of modern architecture and "green" place.Is this the architecture of the future?I like it very much.

Wishes,
Thomas

ciao Stella ,
bel salto dai trulli alle costruzioni un po' piu' tecnologiche , molto bella la composizione anche se credo che hai sempre qualche problema con lo scanner.
Giorgio

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  • danos Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3653 W: 84 N: 5517] (21510)
  • [2007-05-22 4:19]

Ciao Stella,
very impressive your shot of the entrance of the greenhouse at Missouri Botanical Gardens.Excellent the perspective and the POV.The reflections on the lake in the foreground are great.The colours,the details and the light are well balanced.Very informative your note.
Regards,Danos

Hi Stella!

This is very impressive, it's the first time I see this place and this structure in my life! Great subject, composition, vertical framing and colours. Congratulations!

Ciao, Hercules

Hi Stella,
Interesting subject well composed.The symmetry characterizes your shot and the depth field gives a nice perspective.The colors are lovely and the other elements,of your shot,are well balanced.
Thanks for sharing,
George

I can understand that you are disappointed with having to shrink the image to meet TE standards, but why did you shrink beyond the requirement. TE allows an 800 pixel image; your image is only 660 pixels. The image also seems to show some major post processing errors with a "jump" in the picture at several points, notable the 67 pixel line (counting from the top) also at lines 115, 131, 263, 331,464, and 528. Did you just chop out a bit of the image to make it "smaller". I don't think that is the best technique to reduce image size. I'm very surprised no one else has noticed the problem.

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  • dareco Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1936 W: 53 N: 763] (12566)
  • [2007-08-24 0:32]

This is beautiful. I love the soft tones. What a cool place!! TFS

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