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Here's a close up of the U.S. pavilion built for Expo 74, During the winter months there is a Ice skating ring when summer rolls around they remove the Ice ring and added rides for the kids and grownups. There also is a arcade and Imax Theater in the enclosed part. Just happen to get lucky with a evening sunset giving off a golden glow and a nice blue sky.

From: http://expo74.brandx.net

The U.S. pavilion was the largest and most recognizable of the fair. The theme was "Man and Nature: One and Indivisible. The pavilion was a sort of tent, with a 150-foot steel mast at the center, surrounded by more than four miles of steel cables and covered with 100,000 square feet of translucent fabric. Grassy mounds surrounded the outside, so that the pavilion seemed to grow out of the ground. The quote, "The Earth does not belong to Man, Man belongs to the Earth" (attributed to Chief Seattle) was written in large letters on the outside wall. Inside the pavilion, visitors watched Man Belongs to the Earth—a 23-minute IMAX film made for Expo by Paramount. Scenes of U.S. splendor led into environmental problems including air pollution in Denver. The film was so realistic—especially during a sequence flying through the Grand Canyon—that motion sickness bags had to be made available. Chief Dan George's plea to clean up the land was probably the most memorable moment of the movie. The second part of the pavilion was a courtyard with displays demonstrating how environmental problems affected a typical U.S. family of four, plus exhibits which used television, photos and graphs to educate visitors about radiation, over-population and other topics. Totem poles symbolized man's cultural contribution to nature. The final part of the U.S. Pavilion—the Federal Action Center—was made of concrete and was mostly underground (simulating the natual feel of a bunker). Visitors helped the government make policy decisions on seven key environmental issues.