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===Architecture=== | ===Architecture=== | ||
[[file:Arboretum 01.png|thumb|200px|left|Lit runic carvings in Chozo Ruins.]] | [[file:Arboretum 01.png|thumb|200px|left|Lit runic carvings in Chozo Ruins.]] | ||
Scan data in the Ruins indicates that the structures of Chozo Ruins are ancient and cannot be dated by regular scientific methods.<ref>{{cite|These pillars have collapsed from erosion. Carbon dating cannot determine he age of these structures.|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> In addition to the trademark simplistic, unobtrusive, natural materials that make up the Ruins, and the extreme delicacy used to avoid upsetting the preexisting environment,<ref>{{Cite|Walls appear to have been constructed with extreme delicacy around tree limbs.|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> other distinctive Chozo designs make them unique. Smooth, carved [[Half Pipe]]s, testaments to the painstaking craftsmanship of Chozo builders, appear in several chambers. Mammoth, sometimes luminescent, etchings of ancient Chozo runes are situated decoratively on walls, platforms, and floors throughout the Ruins. Complex [[Runic Symbol]]s and translucent, runic [[Holobanner]]s capable of producing nonpolluting, self-sustaining illumination are also found here.<ref>{{cite|Chozo runes translated. Holobanner text reads 'The Hall of the Elders.'|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> Other sources of light include small, blue orbs embedded in walls.<ref>{{cite|These blue orbs seem to be simple light sources.|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> | Scan data in the Ruins indicates that the structures of Chozo Ruins are ancient and cannot be dated by regular scientific methods.<ref>{{cite|These pillars have collapsed from erosion. Carbon dating cannot determine he age of these structures.|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> In addition to the trademark simplistic, unobtrusive, natural materials that make up the Ruins, and the extreme delicacy used to avoid upsetting the preexisting environment,<ref>{{Cite|Walls appear to have been constructed with extreme delicacy around tree limbs.|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> other distinctive Chozo designs make them unique. Smooth, carved [[Half Pipe]]s, testaments to the painstaking craftsmanship of Chozo builders, appear in several chambers. Mammoth, sometimes luminescent, etchings of ancient Chozo runes are situated decoratively on walls, platforms, and floors throughout the Ruins. Complex [[Runic Symbol]]s and translucent, runic [[Holobanner]]s capable of producing nonpolluting, self-sustaining illumination are also found here.<ref>{{cite|Chozo runes translated. Holobanner text reads 'The Hall of the Elders.'|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> Other sources of light include small, [[Blue Orb|blue orbs]] embedded in walls.<ref>{{cite|These blue orbs seem to be simple light sources.|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> | ||
Decorative art includes their statuaries, some in their own likeness and others that honor celestial bodies,<ref>{{cite|Chozo sculpture crafted in honor of [[FS-176|Tallon's star]].|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> ornate wall hangings,<ref>{{cite|An ornate wall hanging with a highly reflective surface. It does not appear important.|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> and even crude etchings of "birdlike" creatures.<ref>{{cite|This etching resembles a birdlike creature.|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> | Decorative art includes their statuaries, some in their own likeness and others that honor celestial bodies,<ref>{{cite|Chozo sculpture crafted in honor of [[FS-176|Tallon's star]].|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> ornate wall hangings,<ref>{{cite|An ornate wall hanging with a highly reflective surface. It does not appear important.|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> and even crude etchings of "birdlike" creatures.<ref>{{cite|This etching resembles a birdlike creature.|Scan Data|Metroid Prime}}</ref> | ||
