A winter storm that dropped upwards of 40 centimetres of snow in Sudbury, Ont., collapsed two domes used for various sports during the winter months.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/winter-storm-domes-collapse-9.7132293?cmp=rss
Illustration by Hans Vredeman de Vries, from Variae Architecturae Formae (1636).
Source: The Getty / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a0444e49-32c1-464d-b071-9a8a6a14f042
#columns #fountains #perspective #archways #domes #drawing #architecture #art #publicdomain
Change!
Now #Chaser is eating & the rest of the flock have taken up shady positions under the tree.
The #wind is now howling.
I won’t be surprised if they all move out of the wind & take up sheltered positions along the fence line somewhere.
My #domes over the #peas & #ChileanGuava are rocking violently. So far the #groundcontrol #tentpegs are holding them down. 🤞
Le #Panoramique des #Dômes fermé temporairement après l'accident du mercredi 24 septembre.
Suite au déraillement d'une rame ce mercredi, le tramway panoramique qui mène au sommet du #PuyDeDôme est à l'arrêt pour une durée indéterminée.
https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/transports/le-panoramique-des-domes-ferme-temporairement-apres-l-accident-du-mercredi-24-septembre-9252947
Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall, 2000
Completed in 2000, this ambitious cluster of geodesic domes enclosed conservatories housing luxuriant plant eco-systems
Photograph: David Goddard/Getty Images
With a more critical ear and time to do so, the #tweeters on my 35+ year old #IAS #Ashurst studio loudspeakers are under investigation for low or no output.
The #domes are both perished-looking, I'm not sure whether to replace the whole drivers or attempt surface #reconditioning
I have to pre-boost the treble if I'm to use them like this. Headphones sound much crisper by comparison.
Resurfacing idea: https://www.stereonet.com/forums/topic/550213-decaying-or-dirty-tweeters/
Hi all, I've just acquired a set of Krix Equinox Mk 1 for use as desktop speakers. As they are the original model, they are quite old. I'm not sure if the tweeters are dirty and need a bit of a clean, or this is a fabric coating of some sort that has decayed? Any ideas? If it's just dirt and dust...