After 17 years, the giant, inflated event and exhibition space at the Saint Louis Science Center known as the "Exploradome" has come down.
Credit (via Saint Louis Science Center)
What started as an experiment to test the need for such a space, the Exploradome was deflated on Monday to make way for a permanent exhibition structure with indoor and outdoor elements. The Science Center says the dome took just over 9 minutes to deflate.
Here's a time lapse of the deflation:
Feeling nostalgic? In 1996, this is what the Exploradome's inflation looked like:
