Looking at the world from inside the giant camera in San Francisco is awesome. Based on a design by Leonardo, the camera produces 360 degrees of spectacular live images of the Seal Rock Area. Magnified on a gigantic parabolic table, the projected images are exquisitely sharp, vivid in color, and textured. It is like looking at a painting by Vermeer (who used a camera obscura) but with the clouds, waves, and birds slowly moving on the white semi-gloss ceramic surface of the parabolic table. For more on Vermeer and camera obscura, visit the site