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Bellagio Fountain

Posted by
Steven (Chicagoland, United States) on 13 February 2023 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

The Fountains of Bellagio is a vast, choreographed water feature with performances set to light and music. The performances take place in front of the Bellagio hotel and are visible from numerous vantage points on the Strip, both from the street and neighboring structures. The show takes place every 30 minutes in the afternoons and early evenings, and every 15 minutes from 8:00 PM to midnight. Before a water show starts, the nozzles break the water surface and the lights illuminating the hotel tower turn to a purple hue (usually), or red-white-and-blue for certain music. The fountain display is choreographed to various pieces of music, including songs by Andrea Bocelli, Frank Sinatra, and Gene Kelly.

The fountains are set in a 9-acre man-made lake. Contrary to urban myth, the lake is not filled with treated greywater from the hotel. The lake is actually serviced by a freshwater well that was drilled decades prior to irrigate a golf course that previously existed on the site. The fountains actually use less water than irrigating the golf course did. They incorporate a network of pipes with more than 1,200 nozzles that make it possible to stage fountain displays coordinated with more than 4,500 lights. It is estimated that the fountains cost $40 million to build. The fountains were created by WET, a design firm specializing in inventive fountains and architectural water features.

Four types of nozzles are used for the various effects:

Oarsmen - jets with a full range of spherical motion
Shooters - shoot water upwards
Super Shooters - send a water blast as high as 240 feet in the air.
Extreme Shooters - send a water blast as high as 460 feet.

The song, "One" from the musical "A Chorus Line" was played during this capture.

Weekly Prompt: Flow

From the archives . . . Photo captured June 18, 2011.

NIKON D7000 1/50 second F/3.5 ISO 800 27 mm (35mm equiv.)

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Maryse from bordeaux, France

C'est grandiose et de toute beauté, cela peut l'être vu le prix de la création !!!
Merci pour tous les détails et j'ajoute la musique !!!! Ce spectacle son et lumière doit être intéressant à voir !
Bonne journée Steven

13 Feb 2023 5:16am

@Maryse: Merci beaucoup, Maryse!

Marie from Parc régional naturel de Chartreuse, France

Spectacular and magnificent building. A superb photo Steven and interesting note too. 5*****
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13 Feb 2023 5:46am

Marie from Parc régional naturel de Chartreuse, France

Merci à Maryse d'avoir mis le lien pour la musique
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13 Feb 2023 5:47am

Ginnie Hart from Netherlands

How impressively shown, Steven. WOW.

13 Feb 2023 6:34am

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

superb, bravo

13 Feb 2023 6:57am

lisl from Winsley, United Kingdom

This would be mesmerising to see in motion, Steven

13 Feb 2023 7:39am

Marjolein from Voorne aan Zee, Netherlands

I have also seen this fountain show!
A lot of water flows there

13 Feb 2023 8:05am

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

splendid !

13 Feb 2023 8:35am

Doug from Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Your image captures the complexity of this aquatic display superbly Steven, from your explanation it must be a wonderful thing to see an hear. Wonderful work

13 Feb 2023 10:29am

Ron from Fraser Valley, Canada

Nice composition.

13 Feb 2023 11:53am

Devi from Chennai, India

a splendid image for the prompt and I loved the narration.
The image is fabulous!!

13 Feb 2023 12:08pm

Astrid from Netherlands

This looks and sounds like magic, Steven. Love the light here. I bet that was quite the experience to be there at night.

13 Feb 2023 12:45pm

willy from Brussel, Belgium

une vue spectaculaire avec

13 Feb 2023 1:05pm

willy from Brussel, Belgium

oups

une vue spectaculaire avec la fontaine, qui me semble immense Steven


une attraction de toute beauté

bon début de semaine

13 Feb 2023 1:08pm

Jean-Luc.M from from Nancy et ailleurs, France

Ocean's Eleven ?
Should we call you Danny ?
Nice capture and thanks for your explanations on this fountain.

13 Feb 2023 1:14pm

Pascale MD from Parc National des Cévennes, France

Très jolie composition urbaine, et impressionnants ces jets d'eau illuminés.
Bonne journée Steven

13 Feb 2023 2:15pm

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

This is stunning. thank you for the information. What a dynamic image for FLOW.

13 Feb 2023 2:58pm

Siepi from Zemst, Belgium

Amazing

13 Feb 2023 2:59pm

Siepi from Zemst, Belgium

Amazing

13 Feb 2023 2:59pm

Remus from Portugal

Undoubtedly, a majestic fountain and fabulous spectacle.
Great framing and composition!

13 Feb 2023 4:35pm

Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium

good one for the theme and great flow in those fountains

13 Feb 2023 4:46pm

Visualaccent from somewhere in the, United States

Very interesting story and picture which represent it. It is spectacular to watch it!

13 Feb 2023 4:56pm

Ray. B from Charentes-Poitou, France

Wouahhh Steven... grandiose et merveilleuse prise. 5*****.)

13 Feb 2023 5:22pm

Daniel from Perpignan, France

Impressionnant nocturne !!!!

13 Feb 2023 5:55pm

Jypyä Pop from Turku, Finland

Very stunning.

13 Feb 2023 7:16pm

Brian from Christchurch, New Zealand

Wow this is an amazing photograph

13 Feb 2023 7:24pm

Mhelene from Villiers-sur-Marne, France

Wonderful image !

13 Feb 2023 7:43pm

Ralf Kesper from Fröndenberg, Germany

Beautiful!

13 Feb 2023 9:21pm

Harry from Apex, NC, United States

artistic but an absurd use of water in a desert. I assume they expect visitors to come by to see the fountain, then stop inside to drop dollars at the gaming tables.

14 Feb 2023 12:49am

Elaine Hancock from Olney, United States

A gorgeous sight! The water fountain is beautiful. I stayed in this hotel after spending a week at the Grand Canyon. From my room, I could look down and see the fountain. It was a beautiful to watch. A superb night image and perfect for the Flow prompt.

14 Feb 2023 2:48am

Darkelf Photography from Perth, Australia

Great, well exposed image of this famous fountain. Thank you for all the background information as well.

14 Feb 2023 3:09am

Elizabeth Buckalew from Flagstaff, United States

You've captured this just beautifully, Steven! What fun!

14 Feb 2023 3:31am

yo from Entre Seine et Loire, France

Superbe !
Un feu d'artifice aquatique ! :)

14 Feb 2023 8:44am

Sam from Chennai, India

Wow. What a beautiful image. Excellent capture of this famous fountain. And thank you for the interesting information. :)

14 Feb 2023 3:17pm

jeanmadis from Chonburi, Thailand

Wow... she is really very "Bellagio" this huge fountain and very well designed.

Wonderful show!

15 Feb 2023 2:00am