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Water Sky Garden
Water Sky Garden is a sculptural environment designed by artist Janet Echelman. The garden is located outside the Richmond Olympic Oval, an official venue for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. The installation consists of a wetland treatment pond, 300 ft. boardwalk, two 52 ft. pedestrian bridges, two net sculptures, and a fountain.
Design.
The boardwalk and "sky lanterns" were inspired by Richmond's cultural communities. Richmond's immigrant population is the highest of any city in Canada.
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Austronesian Australian.
- Altjira, Arrernte creator and sky god
- Baiame, southeast Australian creator and sky god
- Bila (sun), cannibalistic sun goddess
- Binbeal, god of rainbows
- Bunjil, Kulin creator and sky god
- Numakulla, a pair of creator and sky gods
- Rainbow Serpent, creator god in many Aboriginal cultures associated with water, rain, and rainbows, though strangely for a sky deity it also has a chthonic connection
Austronesian Malagasy.
- Zanahary, sky