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It looks like a giant bug when viewed from its end but it is L'Hemisferic, the IMAX cinema at the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia Spain, a unique complex devoted to scientific and cultural dissemination. The building is meant to resemble a giant eye when viewed from the side. Its design resembles an eyelid that opens to access the surrounding water pool. The Hemesferic also known as the planetarium or the 'eye of knowledge', and is the centerpiece of the City of Arts and Sciences. It was the first building completed in 1998. The entire complex is the most important modern tourist destinations in the city of Valencia and one of the 12 Treasures of Spain. From a photographer's point of view it is a treasure, similar to other architectural designs by Santiago Calatrava (e.g., Milwaukee Art Museum, Dallas' Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, Barcelona's Olympic Park Communications Tower). The City of Arts and Sciences is situated at the end of the former riverbed of the river Turia, which wa...

Protected with PIXSY About Joan Carroll: I am a Fort Worth Texas-based outdoor photographer who feels at home while on the road...in Texas, in the US, around the world. Although travel and photography were dual interests from a young age, the coming of the digital camera provided undreamed of opportunities and unleashed previously untapped creativity. My photographic goal is to travel the world in a curious yet respectful way, taking the time to see and understand the unique story of each place I visit. Wherever I go I want to walk every street, hike every trail, ride the bus or metro, climb every tower, walk around and through every monument, and then do it all over again when the light changes. In every place, light, mood, color, and...