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 ===== On The Aesthetics Of Wind-Tunnels. ===== ===== On The Aesthetics Of Wind-Tunnels. =====
-//Saint Joseph of Cupertino, during an aerodynamics test. (Watercolor)// 
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-{{windtunnel-s.jpg|windtunnel-s.jpg}} 
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-If there is any place on Earth that resonates with Platonic beauty it is the wind-tunnel. A chilly, highly specialized place far removed from daily life, reminiscent even of Hieronymus Bosch's tunnel of light that leads the way to heaven. 
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-Lit beautifully by cold fluorescent light, this is a room that feels like its moving at high speed. Wind inside a building is strange anyway, but a room constructed especially for it is an enigma, which I think is at its best when seen empty. 
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-**So here are a few tunnels-pictures from my collection.** 
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-{{bosch-tunnel.jpg|bosch-tunnel.jpg}}{{Scaled_Image_1.jpg|Scaled_Image_1.jpg}} 
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-{{4219-095.jpg|4219-095.jpg}}{{3a03f1.jpg|3a03f1.jpg}} 
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-{{8141_11470.jpg|8141_11470.jpg}}{{AC86-8010-6_a.jpg|AC86-8010-6_a.jpg}}{{AC96-0344-59.jpg|AC96-0344-59.jpg}} 
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-{{AC92-0149-2_a.jpg|AC92-0149-2_a.jpg}} 
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-{{f_bou_windtunnel.jpg|f_bou_windtunnel.jpg}}{{pin_wind.jpg|pin_wind.jpg}} 
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-Credits: 
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-  - 1. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheol 
-  - 2. source untraceable 
-  - 3. http://history.nasa.gov 
-  - 4. http://www.scielo.org.ar 
-  - 5. http://www.daimlerchrysler.com 
-  - 6. http://aocentral.arc.nasa.gov 
-  - 7. http://aocentral.arc.nasa.gov 
-  - 8. http://aocentral.arc.nasa.gov 
-  - 9. http://www.daidalospeutz.be 
-  - 10. http://arc.pininfarina.it 
-  - 11. http://www.etw.de 
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--- [[Theun Karelse]] - 18 Feb 2007 
  
 +[[http://cometenwerck.blogspot.com/2007/03/on-aesthetics-of-windtunnels.html|collection of tunnel pics]]
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