15-7-2010

15-7-2010
Originally uploaded by cspatrick

This fountain is simply a huge coin-like disc some 100 feet across, covered with a sheet of water. It appears that the water is pouring from the uppermost portion of the disc, in defiance of the laws of nature. In actuality, the water holes are very near the edge and the water flows onto it with enough force that some of the water flows off the near side of the disc. The rest of the water flows across the surface of the disc and drains on the downward side. Sort of Escher-esque in some sense.