I just discovered this awesome community which may very well put Hive on the map - literally.
It is harder than you think to get a clean picture of this colossal bloom. I know. I rode around and around it trying to get the inner workings of it on SDcard.
From one angle, it is in a bed of evergreens (above) and from another, there is a fountain built around it (right).
As I was saying about Hive getting on the map, I just ran into
the HaveYouBeenHere community and the super easy to use mapping site that allows you to tag your post on the world map! No emails, accounts, registration or anything. Just click the location, name it and copy the code. Then paste in into your post - done.
If the sun beats down on it long enough, you will see it move. The petals open when enough light comes into the big metal filament heads inside the flower.
It was partly cloudy today, but the flower was open just a bit. I moved around it until I could get some of the inner workings.
From what I heard, it was a class project done by the students (years ago) who went to the engineering school. I am sure some of my friends that live here will chime in to tell us more about it - namely 
Any engineers in the audience might have something to say about hinged petals. I see some night time lighting in there and it seems the flower may be able to rotate. I had taken blurry pictures while passing by many times from the avenue. This was the first time I ventured all the way into the park and up to the walkway around it. Glad I got some close ups. I was finally able to use some of the shots I took.
I will be working on reverse engineering this creation at my apartment. If I get one working, I will be sure to make a post on the DIY community. You all know that nothing goes on around my house without my Hive followers knowing about it.
