Tuesday, June 20, 2017

A giant stainless steel mechanical flower

After lunch we jumped back on the ho-ho. We only had to go a few more stops to get to the giant stainless steel and aluminum
mechanical flower. This flower opens up in the morning and closes up at night. The flower is a It is a true marvel of technology and art! We walked all the way around it taking selfies along with the thousands of other selfie takers. It weighs 18 tons  and reaches 23 meters tall which is almost 70 ft. And then we headed down to the bookstore.

 Nice lights along the way 

Sculpture sinuous 

Curvature 

18 tons is 36,000 pounds 

It is set inside a reflecting pool

The sky was clear but it was cold

We could sometimes follow our reflections in the sculpture as we passed along

It had warned up to 50 degrees

Inside are stamens

So cool