Ibirapuera Park Fountain
Since they were of such great interest to Father Kircher, we are always on the lookout for contemporary water fountains that he would have found pleasing. The fountain in Ibirapuera Park, created to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Sao Paulo, strikes us as one of the most extraordinary we’ve ever seen. It spits out 61,000 liters of water each minute.
August 15th, 2006 at 12:17 pm
That’s a heck of a lot of water spewing out!
August 15th, 2006 at 12:56 pm
Those are neat, but a bit too much for a house I think.
Check out these really cool custom fountains that can actually go in your yard. Much more practical.
http://www.fountainsunique.com
October 8th, 2006 at 5:02 am
This would be neat to see in person, if accurate, but I’m about 99% sure this video is just cheap CGI.
December 27th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
MadMolecule is right. It really does look like CGI. And lousy CGI.
February 26th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
Nope - not CGI. (In case anybody’s still here.)
Coherent water beams. Like a laser light. Just make the water spout coherent water.
I havent’ seen it in person, but I recognize the effect.
The only thing that isn’t water is the projection at the end - but it’s projected onto a screen of water.
The technical term is “laminar flow”:
I don’t know if embedded URLs work here:
http://www.memagazine.org/backissues/membersonly/july01/features/engart/engart.html
“Laminar flow nozzles send coherent streams of water in the form of graceful arcs for a fountain at McCormick Place in Chicago.”
Also, Google for “laminar flow water fountain”.
October 28th, 2007 at 12:58 am
There is a fountain at Butchart Gardens on Vancover Island in British Columbia that is very similar to this - but on a much smaller scale. Very beautiful. Look for the Ross fountain in the Summer images.
December 29th, 2007 at 4:38 am
nice…but fake