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The Eye

The Eye , originally uploaded by ajitchouhan.

“The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

Be thou the rainbow ...

Be thou the rainbow ..., originally uploaded by ajitchouhan.

Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) is located in Chicago, Illinois in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood adjacent to Lake Michigan. It is housed in the former Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Initially endowed by Sears, Roebuck and Company president and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, it first opened in 1933 during the Century of Progress Exposition.

Among its diverse and expansive exhibits, the Museum features a working coal mine, a German submarine (U-505) captured during World War II, a 3,500-square-foot (330 m2) model railroad, the first diesel-powered streamlined stainless-steel passenger train (Pioneer Zephyr), and a NASA space capsule used on the Apollo 8 mission.

Pella Tulip Collection

1. Pella Tulip, 2. Tulip, 3. Tulip time, 4. Colours, 5. All Alone ..., 6. Angel's smile, 7. Little master, 8. Kids in action, 9. Vermeer Mill, 10. Pella Architecture, 11. Dutch Architecture, 12. Yellow Tulip, 13. Tulip Time Tower, 14. IMG_8496, 15. Tulip, 16. Fountain, 17. White Tulip, 18. Tulip.., 19. Parade, 20. Sweet child o mine...

Most Viewed Set

1. It's Green, 2. Together forever, 3. Flamingo, 4. Chicago Skyline 002, 5. By the Green River, 6. When the sun goes down.., 7. All Alone ..., 8. Bahai temple, 9. Lakeshore, 10. Walk along the shore.., 11. Bird's eye view, 12. Chicago Skyline 005, 13. Chicago Skyline 004, 14. Chicago Skyline 001, 15. Bahai temple, 16. Chicago Skyline, 17. Blue Sky, 18. Dream on dreamer !!, 19. Father & Son, 20. Hope, joy and faith.., 21. Bahai temple, 22. Bahai temple, 23. On the way.., 24. light my fire, 25. Bahai temple, 26. Bahai temple, 27. Bahai temple, 28. Destination Nowhere, 29. Light my fire ..., 30. Bahai temple, 31. Bahai temple, 32. Patna College, 33. Sky is the limit !!, 34. Bahai temple, 35. Navy Pier, 36. Sears tower

Walk down the road...

Hare Krishna

Life in the fast lane

The Crown Fountain

Designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa and inspired by the people of Chicago, The Crown Fountain is a major addition to the city's world-renowned public art collection. The fountain consists of two 50-foot glass block towers at each end of a shallow reflecting pool.

The towers project video images from a broad social spectrum of Chicago citizens, a reference to the traditional use of gargoyles in fountains, where faces of mythological beings were sculpted with open mouths to allow water, a symbol of life, to flow out. Plensa adapted this practice by having faces of Chicago citizens projected on LED screens and having water flow through a water outlet in the screen to give the illusion of water spouting from their mouths. The collection of faces, Plensa's tribute to Chicagoans, was taken from a cross-section of 1,000 residents.

By the Green River

54th edition of the downtown St. Patrick's Day @ Chicago. Every year on St. Patrick's Day, the river is dyed green.

Bill King, the administrator of Chicago's St. Patrick's Day committee, stated that "the idea of dyeing the Chicago River green originally came about by accident when a group of plumbers were using fluorescein dye to trace illegal substances that were polluting the river".

The secret ingredients used to dye the river green today are claimed to be safe and not harmful to the thousands of living organisms that find a habitat in the Chicago river.

Lost in wilderness...

I often have wandered in deep contemplation
It seems that the mind runs wild when youre all alone
The way that it could be
The way that it should be
Things I'd do differently if I could do them again

Ive always loved spring time, the passing of winter
The green of the new leaves and life goin on
The promise of morning
The long days of summer
Warm nights of loving her beneath the bright stars
J Denver