At San Francisco's Fort Mason, the Exploratorium has turned a small portion of the coast into an observatory for fluid dynamics. One of the Outdoor Exploratorium Exhibits is the above lift. It is a series of airfoils that rise and fall on vertical cables in response to varying wind speeds. This installation displays the diversity in rates of flow within a horizontal transect of moving air and begins to share insights into the biomechanics of bird flight in a shoreline environment.
Wind arrows is another installation that examines the wind at the shoreline. These arrows show the different laminars of airflow at different heights where one can see that the direction of each laminar can vary up to 20 or 90 degrees exhibiting the dynamic nature of fluid dynamics.
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