Monochrome external view of colonyArtists' Impressions 3 - Stanford Torus
This page contains a few NASA images relating to their 1975 Space Settlements Summer study toroidal design (see Links). This was a possible design for a first colony type ('Island One') and the design choice is described and justified in detail on the website.
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Monochrome external view of colony
Colour external view of
colony
External view of colony - as
immediately previous with different colour balance
External view of colony, showing
detail of shielding
Cutaway to show inside of torus
Internal view - landscape
Further internal view -
agricultural areas
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