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Yesterday's 1-2" of snow lay about over everything this morning.
A fresh snow scene of the observatory building site. Christmas Eve 2021. It is difficult to judge the scale of the new dome when it is in the foreground. The old plywood dome is both further away and much higher. 4m from the ground to the skirt.
Careful study of the image will show a thin, green arc drawn over the image of the plywood dome. Representing the 4.3m dome compared to the old 3m. [14' : 10' in Ø]
Click any image for an enlargement.
Here I have [roughly] painted in the larger green dome for a better sense of scale. I think you will agree that it shrinks with distance and height. The green digital "paint" is a bit bright and dead flat compared to the fiberglass. I have made no attempt to soften it with shadows and highlights.
The shiny, green, fiberglass dome readily reflects its surroundings and the sky. Note the countless variations in tone due to the horizontal facets.
These will further soften the dome seen from the ground or at any
distance. The shutters have the same [3D] facets and colour. Albeit at 90 degrees to the dome. Which will still [hopefully] further break up the hemispherical outline.
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