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Sonic Bloom

SeattleFive giant flower sculptures on tall striped stems, with red petal ribs and glowing pink and green centres, lit at dusk beside the white dome of the Pacific Science Center
Dan Corson, Sonic Bloom, Pacific Science Center, Seattle, 2013. Photograph: Mayor McGinn · CC BY 2.0
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Dan Corson’s Sonic Bloom, installed near Pacific Science Center in 2013, is five towering flower forms. Solar cells on each power its illumination at night.

Before you go

See it in daylight, when the solar cells are charging, and after dark, when the flowers glow.

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Research baseline: November 6, 2026. Physical access and exhibition schedules may change.