Saturday, December 3, 2011

Nautilus Shell Sculpture Manly Wharf


This sculpture at Manly Wharf has an unfortunate nickname.

It features a 7 metre nautilus shell with 32 mist nozzles creating clouds of cooling water. At night, the mist is lit from the nozzles by fibre optics in a ring of blue neon light. Designed by Urban Art Projects and installed in 2000 it is cast aluminium.
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 3, 2011 at 12:09 AM

    A bit snake like too, but dog t--d is apt too! Lol!

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  2. JoDecember 3, 2011 at 6:40 AM

    yep, it sure does look like one....

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  3. Lois EvensenDecember 3, 2011 at 7:23 AM

    Love it. ;)

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  4. KarenDecember 3, 2011 at 7:55 AM

    I've been there, LOL, I know the nickname, and yep, that's what it looks like.

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  5. JimDecember 3, 2011 at 10:52 AM

    An interesting sculpture. I want to see at night now.

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  6. JulieDecember 4, 2011 at 7:33 AM

    A steaming one at that ...

    I am with Jim ... want to see it steaming and blue ... only in Manly!!

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2014 at 5:24 PM

    All glory to the Helix Fossil

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