Standing 38ft-high and constructed entirely of old-growth Douglas fir, the acoustically perfect dome rises out of the dusty Mojave Desert like a UFO, embodying the extra-terrestrial elements that inspired its construction.

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Twenty miles outside the small town of Taos, New Mexico, the dry, flat landscape is interrupted momentarily by a small brown-colored dome that appears amid the low, desert scrub.

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Set in the remote, post-apocalyptic desert landscape that is Landers, California, the 38-foot high white dome was built in the 1950s as a research facility by George Van Tassel, a test pilot and aeronautical engineer for Howard Hughes.

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