Buckyball - San Francisco, California
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N 37° 48.073 W 122° 23.927
10S E 552927 N 4183930
Buckyball is a towering 25-foot illuminated sculpture featuring two nested geodesic spheres. It is located on the Exploratorium Plaza.
Waymark Code: WM11MA8
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/11/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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Buckyball is a spherical, soccer ball–like form of Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic domes. It is a series of interconnected pentagons and hexagons with 4,500 LED nodes located along the edges. Artist Leo Villareal is known for his light sculptures, another of which is "The Bay Lights" displayed on the San Francisco Bay Bridge.
Title: Buckyball

Artist: Leo Villareal

Media (materials) used: metal framing with 4500 colored LED lights

Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Exploratorium Plaza

Date of creation or placement: 2016
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