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In the floor

September 7, 2010

When we visited Grand Teton National Park in 2007, a new visitor center at Moose had just opened.  Some of the interesting exhibits included the in-floor video displays.

This video is from July 2010.

Video segments included water flow with bubbles, seen under ice, a flowing stream, wildflowers, wildlife and more.

It is a little strange to be walking through exhibits with a video playing under your feet.

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Dot September 7, 2010 at 11:33 AM

I think I would find that kind of weird.

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Mike Goad September 7, 2010 at 7:28 PM

It was weird, but interesting the first time. It’s a neat concept for special applications, I think.

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Sara September 7, 2010 at 5:13 PM

Mike,

That is kind of strange, but interesting. The Buffalo might have been a bit intimidating:~)

Thanks for sharing this!

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Mike Goad September 7, 2010 at 7:32 PM

It was strange, but a cool techno-twist for a visitor center on the edge of the wilderness.

The buffalo on the flow is no where near as intimidating as a buffalo in the flesh — more on that in later posts.

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Patricia September 7, 2010 at 10:40 PM

I can not do escalators…I wonder if I could walk on this kind of flooring? Interesting for me to ponder?

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Mike Goad September 8, 2010 at 12:58 AM

My guess would be, probably not.

I walked on the panels just because they were there. It was a tad unnerving because it just didn’t seem natural. That would be different, I think, if they were more widespread. However, I doubt if that will ever happen. I hate to think what the upkeep of something like this would be in an urban, high pedestrian traffic setting.

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