On my way home from Yreka for my sister’s birthday, I stopped by the Sundial Bridge in Redding, CA. It is a very strange feeling seeing this gigantic foot bridge over the Sacramento river in the middle of little old Redding. Here are a few pictures:
The bridge was designed by Santiago Calatrava, who also designed the olympic stadium for the upcoming olympics in Rome. On the summer solstice, the bridge acts as a large sundial. I wonder if anthropologists 4000 years from now will wonder what we used this gigantic sundial for?
RuhRoh Update: Panos points out that the olympics are in Athens not Rome. God am I an idiot these days: what was I thinking? Also it is the roof of the stadium which is being designed by Calatrava, not the whole stadium. See the comment section for some pictures of the stadium.
O brave new quantum world!
Dave, the upcoming olympics are in Athens, not Rome! The roof of the main stadium, and not the stadium itself, is designed by Calatrava. It weights 15,000 tons and equals a 25-level building in height. Except for giving a certain identity to the stadium, the roof will be used to hold 2,500 spotlights and most television cameras. It cost poor Greece close to half a billion dollars to construct… Some pictures can be found here.
Um, Dania, the date on that last point was 2004…
none of you guys are right. the olympics is in CANADA BC FOR THE 2010
NOVEMBER,10,2009