file this under: Hiding in plain sight.
The 1907 Camera Obscura
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7593
Believe it or not, the hundred and six year old Camera Obscura is still in place, surrounded by a senior recreation center.
google_earth
1450 Ocean Avenue
http://www.365-la.com/2011/07/197-camera-obscura.html
You can see the top of it in this photograph.
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interior
http://www.365-la.com/2011/07/197-camera-obscura.html
A mirror inside the rotating turret reflects the surrounding scenery down through a convex lens.
The images are projected on the circular table below.
-the controls look like a ship's wheel.
http://www.365-la.com/2011/07/197-camera-obscura.html
http://www.365-la.com/2011/07/197-camera-obscura.html
Admission to the Camera Obscura is free. You just have to leave an ID at the front desk in order to get the key.
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