Camera Obscura and Holograph Gallery
Took a field trip a few weeks back to the Camera Obscura (www.giantcamera.com) at the Cliff House in the Outer Richmond area of San Francisco. To get to the Camera Obscura, you must take an elevator from the restaurant down to bottom level, past the kitchens and onto the platform below the Cliff House. You pay $3 to go into a pitch dark room with a big circular plate in the middle. The guide turns on the device and projects a live image of the ocean and surroundings. The only way I can think of to accurately describe what you see is like looking into the pensieve in Harry Potter, or diving into someone’s memories. The projections are surrealistically crystal clear, seeming to be even more clear than actually looking at the scenery with your naked eye.
But you don’t have to take my word for it…! Go see it for yourself.
i want to go to there
I grew up 1 block away from here. I used to go there all the time (especially to go to the Musee Mechanique, vintage arcade that was next door). I hear that the arcade has moved away and I assumed this died with it but I’m glad to know it’s still there.
