2012.08: Atomium, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Location: Atomium, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Date: 2012.08
Photographer: Jesen
Camera: Nikon
Retouch: Adobe Photoshop
Copyright: www.haomingxiong.com
The space-age Atomium looms 102m over north Brussels’ suburbia, resembling a steel alien from a ’60s Hollywood movie. It consists of nine house-sized metallic balls linked by steel tube-columns containing escalators and lifts. The balls are arranged like a school chemistry set to represent iron atoms in their crystal lattice…except these are 165 billion times bigger. It was built as a symbol of postwar progress for the 1958 World’s Fair and became an architectural icon, receiving a makeover in 2006.
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