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18-SEP-2015 Rosemary Woods

The Domes
by Rosemary Woods

The Domes were built to facilitate the manufacturing of computers back in the late 70's early 80's but was never completed, evident from a couple of foundations that were started and left to molder. One of the buildings is shaped like a flying saucer and the other three are as if spheres were joined together, looking like huge concrete caterpillars.

Talk from the locals about the domes concerns ritualistic witchcraft and satanic worship. "Stay out of there and don't go into the tunnels" is the refrain, and indeed there are tunnels under the Eastern end of this facility. But despite all the stories whether anything more sinister then underage beer drinking, ghost stories, and the occasional squatter spending the night, has ever happened is unknown.
Nonetheless, staying out of the tunnels is probably advice wisely heeded. (Taken from the web)

I spent about an hour at this place. I personally didn't see or hear anything satanic. Inside the domes are nothing but graffiti inside. If any of you wish to see more photos I took from the domes, click on this link. http://www.pbase.com/desertrose_images/the_domes&page=all

Canon EOS 70D
1/640s f/14.0 at 17.0mm iso200, Sigma 17-50mm 2.8 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
Laura Milholland03-Oct-2015 19:13
Rosemary, I did read all the back-and-forth about this and wanted to belatedly add my appreciation of your well-done shot too. Very unusual indeed, and very smart of you to heed to warning to stay out of the tunnels.
Breezanemom24-Sep-2015 10:34
Sounds like quite an interesting place. I would have to go into the tunnels....

The colors of the domes contrast nicely with both the ground and the sky and I like that I can read the graffiti on the dome in front. Well done.
Liz Bickel23-Sep-2015 18:32
Fascinating! Very intriguing place. I like how the other buildings fade into the distance away from the front one that immediately captures the eye. Well composed.
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