Earth night, Epcot, Disney World by Simon Chandler

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Earth night, Epcot, Disney World

Spaceship Earth
Epcot
Disney World

This iconic and symbolic structure of Epcot is an 18-story geodesic sphere that takes guests on a time machine themed experience using the Omnimover system.

Spaceship Earth is not a geodesic dome. It is a complete sphere, supported on legs.

The cladding was designed so that when it rains, no water pours off the sides onto the ground. (All water is "absorbed" through one inch gaps in the facets and is collected in a gutter system - and finally channeled into the World Showcase Lagoon.)

Geometrically, Spaceship Earth is a pentakis dodecahedron, with each of the 60 isosceles triangle faces divided into 16 smaller equilateral triangles. Each of those 960 flat panels is sub-divided into four triangles, each of which is divided into three isosceles triangles to form each point. In theory, there are 11,520 total isosceles triangles forming 3840 points. In reality, some of those triangles are partially or fully nonexistent due to supports and doors; there are actually only 11,324 of them, with 954 partial or full flat panels.

Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye
1/30s f/4.5 at 15.0mm iso1600 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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poetry666		26-Apr-2008 15:10
An interesting and great capture, Simon. Love the design and colours!!V.

Dan Ng		23-Apr-2008 04:24
Fantastic wide perspective and exposure. V.

Guest		20-Apr-2008 00:53
Great capture on this....you and me have got to get together and do a photo tour of WDW : ) v

Jean D		19-Apr-2008 23:56
Excellent capture with wonderful light and perfect exposure, Simon! Thanks for the caption ~V~

laine82		19-Apr-2008 22:04
A perfect capture, Simon...V

Char		19-Apr-2008 20:12
Hi Simon, This is an amazing shot! Wonderful lighting and POV! Thank you for the information about it that was really interesting. \/

Liz Bickel		19-Apr-2008 19:16
Perfect exposure and wonderful use of the Fish Eye lens. Outstanding!

Pixel Shooter		19-Apr-2008 18:43
very cool shot Simon, excellent! v

Guest		19-Apr-2008 15:19
Excellent image Simon! V.

Vince		19-Apr-2008 14:22
Splendid capture. Spot on exposure of the beautiful lights. Vote.

Guest		19-Apr-2008 13:23
Fantastic shot, Simon! Excellent use of your fisheye... love it!

Guest		19-Apr-2008 12:40
Excellent Shot V

Fong Lam		19-Apr-2008 12:20
Stunning capture of this magnificient structure and great use of the fish-eye. ~V~

FrankB		19-Apr-2008 12:18
beautifully presented with the fisheye lens...V

Neal Nye		19-Apr-2008 11:35
Your choice of focal length was perfect for this application. You've conveyed all the magic and wonder of this structure!

Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography		19-Apr-2008 11:30
Wow! Superb, Vote.

Steve Morris		19-Apr-2008 11:30
Can see why you put this in the favourites Simon - awesome shot!! V

Marco Valk		19-Apr-2008 07:09
very nice image. excellent exposure. v

Bob White		19-Apr-2008 06:58
Excellent I love the lighting and clever use of that lens -v-

Ceya		19-Apr-2008 05:49
Very nice shot, and interesting facts! V

shatterbug		19-Apr-2008 05:29
Very good use of fisheye...terrific perspective!

Bryan Murahashi		19-Apr-2008 05:26
Very nice light and colors in this unique structure. V

January Grey		19-Apr-2008 05:24
Great use of fisheye, Simon. Beautiful light and colors and an excellent composition. V~

Rich Westfall		19-Apr-2008 04:11
Very cool shot, Simon.

Sam_C		19-Apr-2008 03:33
Amazing shot!! Awesome use of that fisheye, Big Vote!

Walter Otto Koenig		19-Apr-2008 02:51
Very cool wide angle view. Looks great. I love the light and colors too. "V"

Andrew Vincent		19-Apr-2008 02:46
Cool! Funny how the sphere is not distorted. Another perfect fish eye. VOTE!