ONLINE VACATION
"CLOUD GATE", ILLINOIS, USA
9/4/13
HI EVERYONE... YESTERDAY, WE WERE IN GREECE AT A BEAUTIFUL BEACH...
TODAY, WE ARE BACK IN THE USA AT MILLENNIUM PARK
IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS TO SEE THE "CLOUD GATE"... THE CLOUD GATE
IS REFERRED TO BY THE LOCALS AS "THE BEAN"
BECAUSE OF ITS SHAPE... IT IS A PUBLIC SCULPTURE BY TALENTED
BRITISH ARTIST ANISH KAPOOR... CLOUD GATE WEIGHS OVER 110-TONS AND
IS 66 FEET LONG AND 33 FEET HIGH... CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN
2004 AND 2006, "THE BEAN" WAS CREATED USING A HUGE
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL STAINLESS STEEL PLATES... CLOUD GATE'S SEAMLESS SURFACE
IS THE RESULT OF THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF POLISHING...
THE SCULPTURE HAS THE APPEARANCE OF A GIANT DROP OF
LIQUID MERCURY, AND THE MIRRORED SURFACE OFFERS AN AMAZING REFLECTION
OF THE CITY SKYLINE, EVEN MORE BREATHTAKING ON A CLEAR
BRIGHT DAY... VISITORS CAN WALK UNDERNEATH THE CLOUD GATE,
WHICH IS SURPRISINGLY CONCAVE... KIDS ESPECIALLY ENJOY THE
FUN HOUSE MIRROR EFFECT THAT THIS CREATES...
CLOUD GATE IS QUICKLY BECOMING ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR
PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY... IN 2005, THE CITY OF
CHICAGO TRIED AN ILL-FATED ATTEMPT AT REQUIRING PERMITS TO
PHOTOGRAPH THE SCULPTURE, A MOVE THAT WAS SOON RESCINDED TO
THE DELIGHT OF PHOTOGRAPHERS EVERYWHERE... SO, GET YOUR CAMERA
OUT TO TAKE A PICTURE OF CLOUD GATE, "THE BEAN"...
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR VISIT TO THIS VERY UNUSUAL SITE...
~MARSHA~
TODAY, WE ARE BACK IN THE USA AT MILLENNIUM PARK
IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS TO SEE THE "CLOUD GATE"...
THE CLOUD GATE
IS REFERRED TO BY THE LOCALS AS "THE BEAN"
BECAUSE OF ITS SHAPE... IT IS A PUBLIC SCULPTURE BY TALENTED
BRITISH ARTIST ANISH KAPOOR... CLOUD GATE WEIGHS OVER 110-TONS AND
IS 66 FEET LONG AND 33 FEET HIGH... CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN
2004 AND 2006, "THE BEAN" WAS CREATED USING A HUGE
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL STAINLESS STEEL PLATES... CLOUD GATE'S SEAMLESS SURFACE
IS THE RESULT OF THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF POLISHING...
THE SCULPTURE HAS THE APPEARANCE OF A GIANT DROP OF
LIQUID MERCURY, AND THE MIRRORED SURFACE OFFERS AN AMAZING REFLECTION
OF THE CITY SKYLINE, EVEN MORE BREATHTAKING ON A CLEAR
BRIGHT DAY... VISITORS CAN WALK UNDERNEATH THE CLOUD GATE,
WHICH IS SURPRISINGLY CONCAVE... KIDS ESPECIALLY ENJOY THE
FUN HOUSE MIRROR EFFECT THAT THIS CREATES...
CLOUD GATE IS QUICKLY BECOMING ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR
PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY... IN 2005, THE CITY OF
CHICAGO TRIED AN ILL-FATED ATTEMPT AT REQUIRING PERMITS TO
PHOTOGRAPH THE SCULPTURE, A MOVE THAT WAS SOON RESCINDED TO
THE DELIGHT OF PHOTOGRAPHERS EVERYWHERE... SO, GET YOUR CAMERA
OUT TO TAKE A PICTURE OF CLOUD GATE, "THE BEAN"...
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR VISIT TO THIS VERY UNUSUAL SITE...
~MARSHA~
Information came from many sites
This is a MelloMarsha creation
I do not take credit for the pictures
Thanks to the respective photographers
9-3-13