The Desert Dome by CavalierLady
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The Desert Dome at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha is the world's largest indoor desert at around 42,000 sq. ft. It features desert scenes and animals from five continents. The dome is 137 feet tall and 230 feet in diameter. Its 1760 acrylic windows make it the world's largest glazed geodesic dome. It cost 31.5 million dollars and opened in 2002. (info from Wiki). I posted about a dozen images from this zoo earlier, with more on my own website not posted here. One snakes though a very well designed maze of habitats cleverly isolated by the rock and sand features and is a striking feature at the zoo that was even showcased on a tv series about zoos around the country several years ago. Thank you very kindly for your recent views and comments and for having a look here.
Comments (45)
BorisB
Really an impressive building and an excellent presentation!!
rocserum
Great view on this unusual dome Seen a similair idea in GreatBrittain, the Eden Project, the world's largest greenhouse. http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_Project Thanks for sharing and info! RS
bmac62
Ah ha, I didn't see the rock inside at first...do now and your notes make the entire presentation very interesting. I've heard Omaha Zoo is one of the best in the country...certainly in the heartland. Good shooting. Bill
NightGallery
That is wild looking! Great design. Nice shot as well, bet it's pretty neat in there.
bcrathburn
i would love to go have a look at it thanks for sharing
PD154
Impressive structure, well captured and presented Maria.
helanker
What a fantastic building. Very impressive and beautiful.
kenmo
Awesome photo and architecture...
barbdennist
This is a very impressive dome and an excellent shot of it. Your info was interesting, too. I would love to visit this except I could do just fine with seeing just a few snakes, or none.
virginiese Online Now!
very nice architecture. I'm impressed ! Great shot ! I guess the indoor was great !
busi2ness
It sounds like a tremendous place to visit and experience the modern design.
danob
A wonderful bit of architecture and wonderfully captured, though maybe the bio dome at the Eden project may give it a run for it's money
rainbows
A beautiful building and capture, Maria. Splendid work. Hugs. Di. xx
Alz2008
Wonderful capture awesome dome, Excellent well done..
mickuk50
very impressive structure maria and one awesome capture :o) mick
kgb224
Excellent capture Maria.
delaorden_ojeda
impressive building, Maria, a place I woud love to know, fantastic structure, great capture, bravo ! ( thanks for the info )
Corwin13
A very successful photo of this magnificent building
Fidelity2
Perfect. 5+!!!
babuci
Excelent ful view capture.
timtripp
postcard perfect!
DreamersWish
That is a pretty cool structure! Amazing clarity and lighting!
jocko500
wonderul done here
lucindawind
fantastic shot !
goodoleboy
Oh yes, this must be a product of Buckminster Fuller! Stellar POV, clarity, detail and lighting in this magnificent capture of the geodesic dome, in all its glory, Maria! Is that a sleeping ape inside?
kimariehere
Beautiful captured and oh what an interesting place!!!! would love to go there drawn to the reflections in this!!!
sharky_
Very interesting and impressive dome. I thought it was a lion in there. Excellent shot. Aloha
MrsRatbag
Gorgeous!
Liam.
Great shot
JeffG7BRJ
It looks something like the domes at the Eden Project in Cornwall, see here: http://www.edenproject.com/ Not a desert under those though. A very impressive structure, I wouldn't mind visiting there myself. Excellent capture. Bravo!!!!!