Seattle’s Space Needle has a whole new look
Sandram Mcford, from left, Henry Chisale, Martin Rabson and Jonathan Mvula, all from Malawi, lean back on the glass wall in the newly redesigned glass observation deck in the Space Needle.
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Tourists experience the rotating glass floor beneath the all-glass observation deck in the newly redesigned Space Needle in Seattle.
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Tourists watch sunset as they spend time on the rotating glass floor beneath the all-glass observation deck in the newly redesigned Space Needle in Seattle.
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A view of the Space Needle at dawn.
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Sunrise bathes the Space Needle in a warm glow.
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A view of the Seattle skyline with Mt. Rainier and the Space Needle in sight.
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Miguel Susana, left, Arthur Callazans and Ronaldo Barros from Brazil pose for photos on the all-glass observation deck in the Space Needle.
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Shauna Bittle lies on the rotating glass floor and tries to convince her daughter Stella Bates, 3, to join her.
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A tourist sticks her camera through the gap between the glass walls on the observation deck in the Space Needle.
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The newly renovated all-glass observation deck in the Space Needle.
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The newly renovated rotating glass floor in the Space Needle.
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A view of the fast-moving elevators that go up the Space Needle.
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A view of the fast-moving elevators that go up the Space Needle.
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Wren Walker, 10 months old, is crawling on the rotating glass floor in the Space Needle.
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Some Space Needle visitors try to plant one foot on the non-rotating floor portion and the other on the rotating floor portion to see how far they can spread their legs.
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Brittany Figueroa, from Monterrey, sits on the rotating glass floor in the newly renovated Space Needle.
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Tourists wander the all-glass observation deck while a seaplane flies by the Space Needle.
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Space Needle visitors watch sunset come and go as they stand on a rotating glass floor that will change their views ever so slightly.
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