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On the American television show Lost, the fictional Dharma Initiative has built several research stations on islands located somewhere in the South Pacific. The principal information about these stations comes from two orientation films viewed by the main characters of the series. Additional information is derived from a hand-drawn map of the island which briefly appeared under black light, seen only by one of the characters, Locke, although it was later revealed that Desmond was also aware of the map, and present some of the times when Kelvin was adding information, although it is unclear as to whether or not he participated in contributing to the map, or even saw it, because Kelvin was only shown painting it with invisible ink while the black lights were off. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Lost is a popular American serial drama television series that follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a tropical island, after a passenger jet flying between Australia and the United States crashes somewhere in the South Pacific. ... Title card from a Dharma Initiative orientation film featured in the Lost episode Orientation Screenshot from the Sri Lanka Video, released as part of the Lost Experience, showing the DHARMA acronym The Dharma Initiative is a fictional research project featured in the American television series Lost. ... Scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena and acquiring new knowledge, as well as for correcting and integrating previous knowledge. ... World map exhibiting a common interpretation of Oceania; other interpretations may vary. ... Spectrum of a fluorescent black light source. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... Desmond David Hume is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Henry Ian Cusick. ...

Each station is identified with its own variation on the Dharma Initiative logo, which is derived from the octagonal bagua. The shape in the center of each logo is a reference to the name of the station - the Swan Station features a swan, the Pearl Station features a white circle, etc.^[1] An exception is the Looking Glass - its logo appears to feature a rabbit, though the "looking glass" and the "white rabbit" may both be references to the story and character from Lewis Carroll's works. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Octagon (disambiguation). ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... On the American television show Lost, the fictional DHARMA Initiative has built several research stations on islands located somewhere in the South Pacific. ... Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) – believed to be a self-portrait Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ...

It is not clear how many Dharma stations there are - the orientation films for Swan and Pearl Stations identified the stations as 3 and 5 of 6, respectively. The black-light map featured eight shapes, although one was scribbled out, the Pearl was represented by a question mark, and two were drawn in dotted lines. Seven stations have been seen by viewers so far. On the American television show Lost, the fictional DHARMA Initiative has built several research stations on islands located somewhere in the South Pacific. ... On the American television show Lost, the fictional DHARMA Initiative has built several research stations on islands located somewhere in the South Pacific. ...

The names of two of these, the Swan and the Pearl, are given by their Dharma orientation films. The location and name of the Swan can also be found on the map featured in "Lockdown". The location of the Pearl is given by the map without naming it: a dotted circle with a "?" in it, surrounded by the other stations. The names and locations of two others, the Arrow and the Staff, can be found in the map. The Hydra is the fifth station seen by viewers but is not identified by name on the map. A sixth station, the Flame, is featured in the episode Enter 77, and a seventh station, the Looking Glass, is first presented in the episode Greatest Hits. Lockdown is the 41st episode of Lost. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... This article contains a trivia section. ...

The following stations are listed by station number. Stations with an unknown station number will be listed in order of appearance.

Station 1: The Arrow

First seen in: "Everybody Hates Hugo"

First visited in: "The Other 48 Days"

Last seen in: "The Other 48 Days"

Name given in: "Lockdown"

Purpose: Restocking and Staging Area

This station was found by the tail-section survivors and used as a hiding place from the "Others". The station was found to be gutted and seemed almost entirely empty except for a box containing a Bible, a short wave radio and a glass eye. It was later revealed by Eko, in "What Kate Did" that the Bible contained film missing from the Swan's orientation video, which warns the occupant not to use the computer for communication with the outside world. The Lost Season 2 DVD also states that it is the first station, but this may be the order of discovery. List of Lost episodes Everybody Hates Hugo is the 28th episode of Lost. ... The Other 48 Days is the 32nd episode of Lost. ... The Other 48 Days is the 32nd episode of Lost. ... Lockdown is the 41st episode of Lost. ... What Kate Did is the 33rd episode of Lost. ...

Location

The entrance of The Arrow

The Arrow is located in the jungle on the other side of the Island from the Swan. It's about four days' walk from where the tail section crashed into the ocean and about a day's walk from another beach near the Arrow. The station appears to be built into the side of a mountain or cliff, rather than underground like the Swan, the Staff, the Pearl, or the Hydra (which is partially underwater). The only known entrance to the Arrow is a door that is shrouded in hanging vegetation and thick undergrowth, poorly concealed in comparison to the other discovered stations. On the inside of the door, the word "QUARANTINE" is stenciled in similar fashion to that of the Swan's hatch. Unlike the Swan, the Arrow's entrance does not contain a stairwell to go further down or an airlock. The passageway leads from the entrance directly into the interior of the station. Image File history File links Lost-ArrowEntrance. ... Image File history File links Lost-ArrowEntrance. ...

Interior

The inside of The Arrow.

The interior of The Arrow seems to consist of only a few rooms. The station appears to have been long abandoned with a filthy interior and only a few objects inside. Electricity still runs in The Arrow, but only powers a couple of lamps and bare light bulbs. Electrical conduits and exposed wires run along the interior walls. The rooms are barren, with concrete floors and walls. At least one of the rooms however, appears to have been painted off-white with a teal border running along the bottom of the walls, but the paint has peeled and chipped. The large room contains several crates or containers and a shelf. Image File history File links Lost-ArrowInterior2. ... Image File history File links Lost-ArrowInterior2. ...

Crate

One of the crates inside The Arrow contained a Bible, a glass eye, and a two-way radio. The Bible was hollowed out to hide a reel of film containing missing footage from the Swan’s orientation film. This footage was given to Locke by Eko in "What Kate Did" and contained a warning about not using the Swan's computer terminal for anything other than input of the code. It is later stated that Desmond's hatch-mate Kelvin's previous partner Radzinsky cut pieces out of the film. It is possible that the glass eye belonged to Mikhail, as he wears an eyepatch. This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library. ... A prosthetic right eye, made from acrylic An ocular prosthetic or artificial eye replaces a missing natural eye following an enucleation or envisceration that was lost due to disease or injury. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This movie film reel has film wrapped around it. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... This article contains a trivia section. ...

Purpose of Station

Although the Arrow seems to have been used for storage and restocking, an alternative use was suggested in The Man Behind the Curtain, in which a Dharma Initiative mathematician, Horace Godspeed, is shown wearing a jumpsuit with the Arrow's logo on it. This suggests that at some point, mathematics was one of this station's purposes. List of Lost episodes The Man Behind the Curtain is the twentieth episode of the third season of Lost. ... Title card from a Dharma Initiative orientation film featured in the Lost episode Orientation Screenshot from the Sri Lanka Video, released as part of the Lost Experience, showing the DHARMA acronym The Dharma Initiative is a fictional research project featured in the American television series Lost. ... Leonhard Euler, one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ...

Station 3: The Swan

First seen in: "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues"

First visited in: "Man of Science, Man of Faith"

Last seen in: "Flashes Before Your Eyes"

Name given in: "Orientation"

Purpose: Electromagnetic Research And Containment.

The first station discovered on the Island by the characters is known as "Station 3: The Swan" in its orientation film, but is referred to informally by the characters as "the hatch." All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues is the 11th episode of Lost. ... Man of Science, Man of Faith is the 25th episode of Lost. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is too long or excessively detailed. ... List of Lost episodes Orientation is the 27th episode of Lost. ... Electromagnetism is the physics of the electromagnetic field: a field which exerts a force on particles that possess the property of electric charge, and is in turn affected by the presence and motion of those particles. ...

The orientation film The Swan, featuring the station's Dharma logo

According to the orientation film, Station 3 was originally constructed "as a laboratory where Dharma researchers could work to understand the unique electromagnetic fluctuations emanating from this sector of the island." Image File history File links DHARMAswan. ... Image File history File links DHARMAswan. ... Electromagnetism is the physics of the electromagnetic field: a field, encompassing all of space, composed of the electric field and the magnetic field. ...

Desmond is the sole occupant of Station 3 when the survivors of Flight 815 discover it. Desmond leaves the responsibility of pushing "The Button" to the newcomers and runs away from The Swan, presumably to his sailboat, The Elizabeth. This article contains a trivia section. ... List of Lost episodes Live Together, Die Alone is the 47th episode of Lost. ...

Station 3 is almost entirely underground, except for a "hatch" entrance shaft and a concealed door. The word "quarantine" is spray-painted on the inside of the hatch, and the numbers (4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42) are inscribed into its metallic exterior edge. In "Everybody Hates Hugo" Sayid guesses that the station's electric power is provided by a geothermal generator. It is illuminated by powerful lamps shining through windows as a substitute for sunlight, with a main work area resembling a geodesic dome. A strong but localized magnetic field emanates from behind a wall, composed of rough concrete, that appears to have previously been a corridor to another section of "the hatch". The station also has several internal blast doors, as discovered by Michael. These blast doors close unexpectedly in "Lockdown" with Locke trapped underneath, at which time the lights shut off and he sees a map drawn on the inside of the door. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Spray painting is painting using a device that sprays the paint. ... Lost is a genre television show and includes a number of mysterious elements that have been ascribed to science fiction or supernatural phenomena. ... Krafla Geothermal Station in northeast Iceland Geothermal power is the use of geothermal heat to generate electricity. ... Prism splitting light High Resolution Solar Spectrum Sunlight in the broad sense is the total spectrum of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun. ... Spaceship Earth in Epcot Center at Walt Disney World is perhaps one of the most famous examples of a large scale geodesic sphere. ... A blast shelter is a place where people can go to protect themselves from bomb blasts. ... Michael Dawson is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Harold Perrineau Jr. ... On the American television show Lost, the fictional DHARMA Initiative has built several research stations on islands located somewhere in the South Pacific. ...

Station 3 is stocked with food, a record player with a collection of old LPs, a small library, an armory complete with automatic rifles and other firearms, a washer and dryer, a shower, and bunk beds. Edison cylinder phonograph from about 1899 The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the 1870s through the 1980s. ...

The Swan was still getting supplies from Dharma after Locke moved into it.

Orientation film

Dr. Candle in the early 1980s as he narrates the Swan's orientation

The film found in the Swan Station provides instructions and a brief history of the Dharma Initiative, as narrated by Dr. Marvin Candle. It claims an unspecified "incident" occurred early in the station's experiments and resulted in a change of focus: a two-member crew, replaced every 540 days, is now under orders to enter a code (4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42) into a microcomputer terminal every 108 minutes. However, the film has been edited, so its reliability is uncertain, although a section was recovered in What Kate Did. Although there is no mention of the country India, the narrator Dr. Marvin Candle keeps saying "Namaste" after the end of every Orientation film. Namaste is the Sanskrit word for "Greetings". ImageMetadata File history File links Dharma_video_clip. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Dharma_video_clip. ... The Commodore 64 was one of the most popular microcomputers of its era, and is the best selling home computer of all time. ... List of Lost episodes Live Together, Die Alone is the 47th episode of Lost. ... What Kate Did is the 33rd episode of Lost. ... Woman performing namaste gesture. ... The Sanskrit language ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ...

Timer

The appearance of the timer's hieroglyphs, when 108 minutes expire.

Station 3 is equipped with a split-flap display timer, which is interfaced to a microcomputer terminal and connected to an alarm system. The terminal resets the timer through manual entry of a numeric code "4 8 15 16 23 42" every 108 minutes and pressing an "execute" button. The sum of the numbers, 4+8+15+16+23+42 = 108. Image File history File links LTDA_hieroglyphs. ... Image File history File links LTDA_hieroglyphs. ... It has been suggested that Hieroglyph (French Wiki article) be merged into this article or section. ... Section of a split-flap display board at Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof (taken April 2005). ...

The code cannot be entered until four minutes before the countdown reaches zero, at which time the horn speaker alarm begins to sound. Until then, the computer is unresponsive to keyboard input. After the one-minute mark, the alarm accelerates and grows louder, and then again at the 10-second mark. If the countdown actually reaches zero, the familiar black and white numbers begin to flip into a series of black and red tiles which are Egyptian hieroglyphs which translate as "underworld". In the climax of "Live Together, Die Alone", the timer is destroyed by the magnetic force inside The Swan when the code was not entered. It has been suggested that Hieroglyph (French Wiki article) be merged into this article or section. ...

Fail-safe switch

The Swan's mysterious key switch

A crawl space, accessed by a trapdoor, is located underneath the computer room. In the center of a large metallic octagon in the floor, a key switch is located with an accompanying label reading "CAUTION: SYSTEM TERMINATION." The key for this key switch was hidden by Desmond inside the Charles Dickens book Our Mutual Friend in The Swan's living area. Desmond obtained it from Kelvin, his original partner in the hatch. Image File history File linksMetadata LOST223_new. ... Image File history File linksMetadata LOST223_new. ... A trapdoor is a door set into a floor or ceiling (depending on what side of the door one is on). ... For other uses, see Octagon (disambiguation). ... Key Switches are switches that can only be activated by keys, usually used in buisnesses where they dont want anyone to use the switches except the management. ... “Dickens” redirects here. ... Spoiler warning: Our Mutual Friend (written in the years 1864–65) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens. ...

Blast door map

The map featured in "Lockdown".

When in the episode "Lockdown" the blast doors drop and black lights turn on, a drawing on the inside of one blast door is revealed. The drawing appears to be a map of a part of the island enclosed in the shape of an octagon. At the bottom of the drawing are the words "I AM HERE" with an arrow pointing to a drawing of the Swan logo. A high-quality image of this map was received by Entertainment Weekly, which interpreted it as referring to additional Dharma stations not yet seen on the show.^[2] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 674 KB)[edit] Summary Higher Resolution of the Map in Lockdown Lost season 2 episode 17 See also: http://lostpedia. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 674 KB)[edit] Summary Higher Resolution of the Map in Lockdown Lost season 2 episode 17 See also: http://lostpedia. ... Spectrum of a fluorescent black light source. ... Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ...

On the map, there appear to be six structures depicted, with four of them labeled by name and icon like Dharma stations: the Swan, the Flame, the Staff and the Arrow. The other two structures are drawn with dotted lines, labeled "C3?" and "C4?". The six structures surround a big question mark, encircled with a dotted line, in the center of the map. Visited in the episode "?", this location was revealed to be Station 5, "The Pearl." At the top left, there is a seventh structure which is scribbled out. Among the stations on the bottom and right side of the map, there are four rectangular structures that have "CV I", "CV II", "CV III", and "CV IV" written on them.^[3] ? is the 45th episode of Lost. ...

In the episode "Live Together, Die Alone" the mapmaker was revealed to be Desmond's former hatch-mate, Kelvin Inman, who was continuing a project that had also been worked on by his previous work partner, referred to as Radzinsky. For the fluorescent paint, Kelvin used Dharma Initiative liquid detergent. The principal characters of the mid-third season of Lost; from left, Ben, Kate, Sawyer, Claire, Charlie, Jack, Sayid, Locke, Sun, Desmond, Hurley, Jin and Juliet. ... Fluorescence induced by exposure to ultraviolet light in vials containing various sized cadmium selenide (CdSe) quantum dots. ...

There is another version of the blast door map concealed on the back of the four Lost jigsaw puzzles created by TDC games. A glow-in-the-dark, 4-part map is revealed upon completion of the four puzzles, and contains additional secret codes, some of them preceded by the letter 'c'. Complete decryption of the code revealed the meaning of some of the shorthand notations in the map (P.R.D = Periodic Resupply Drop; A.H.= Alvar Hanso; D.I.H.G. = Dharma Initiative Hanso Group; C.V. = Cerberus Vent; E.E.P. = Emergency Escape Protocol). See Lost jigsaw puzzles at Lostpedia.com.

The Swan Mural

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Mural

At the entrance to the living quarters there is a mural (painted by Desmond, according to the season two bonus disc) featuring among other things the numbers 108, 16 and 42, one black and one white face, stick figures, fish, a sun, waves, houses, and an arrow.^[4] Salle des illustres, ceiling painting, by Jean André Rixens. ...

Purpose of the station

Locke and Charlie observe the wreckage of The Swan.

The original purpose of The Swan was to be a sort of laboratory for Dharma's research on electromagnetism. According to Marvin Candle, The Swan was conducting its initial experiments when the aforementioned "incident" occurred. When questioned about the incident, Kelvin describes the energy behind the wall as "electromagnetism, geologically unique". The incident mentioned in the orientation film caused a leak, which necessitated the release of a built-up charge every 108 minutes "before it gets too big." The aftermath resulted in the regular button-pushing procedure. Image File history File links Left_of_the_hatch. ... Image File history File links Left_of_the_hatch. ... For other uses of lab, see Lab. ... Electromagnetism is the physics of the electromagnetic field: a field which exerts a force on particles that possess the property of electric charge, and is in turn affected by the presence and motion of those particles. ... From Latin ex- + -periri (akin to periculum attempt). ...

Although the events in "Live Together, Die Alone" showed that The Swan had some purpose beyond that of a psychological experiment, it is still very enigmatic. The station was shown to have imploded, leaving only a large crater with bits of debris. John, Eko, Charlie, and Desmond, who were inside the station when it was destroyed, except for Charlie who left to get help after Eko attempted to blow the blast door up, all survived.

Station 4: The Flame

Mikhail Bakunin, wearing a Dharma jumpsuit.

The Flame as it appears (in false color) on the Swan Station map.

First seen in: "The Cost of Living"

First visited in: "Enter 77"

Last seen in: "One of Us"

Name given in: "Lockdown"

Purpose: Communications Facility

The Flame is first seen from the Pearl when Sayid is able to establish a live video feed connection with another station. At first, all that is seen appears to be a computer mainframe. The camera slowly panned right, revealing a man wearing an eyepatch and a Dharma suit staring directly into the camera. Soon after, the man shut down the camera on his end. While everyone is stunned by what has happened, Locke says that the man "will be expecting [them]". According to the blacklight map, somewhere on the island between the Swan and the Staff is the "alleged location of #4 the Flame." Image File history File links Eyepatchman. ... Image File history File links Eyepatchman. ... Image File history File links Lost-TheFlame-BlastDoor. ... Image File history File links Lost-TheFlame-BlastDoor. ... A false color image showing the Chesapeake Bay and the city of Baltimore. ... For other uses, see Cost of living (disambiguation). ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... One of Us[1] is the sixteenth episode of the third season of Lost. ... Lockdown is the 41st episode of Lost. ...

Unlike the other stations, The Flame is not an underground bunker, but rather a wood-frame bungalow. A large satellite dish is on the roof. Inside the station is a living area, kitchen, and computer room. Below the building is a large basement containing supplies, including a library of Dharma Initiative operations manuals. Sky Digital mini-dish Astros mini-dish. Special dish for up to 16 satellite positions (Ku-band) Satellite dish antenna for C-Band Satellite Dishes installed on an apartment complex A satellite dish is a type of parabolic antenna designed with the specific purpose of transmitting signals to and...

In the episode "Enter 77", the station is found to be manned by Mikhail Bakunin, who claims to a member of the Dharma Initiative, but later confesses to being one of The Others. Earlier in the episode, a computer running a chess game catches Locke's attention. Mikhail Bakunin tells Locke that the computer cannot be beaten. Locke, determined to prove otherwise, eventually beats the computer. Upon successfully winning the game of chess, a Dharma Initiative video commences, giving different choices for communications. Locke chooses to communicate with the outside world, however the computer responds that the satellite is not operative. The video then offers the alternative to communicate via sonar, which also turns out to be not operative. Finally, the video asks if there has been an incursion by the hostiles, if so, to enter 7-7. It is later discovered that entering 7-7 results in the detonation of the C-4 discovered earlier in the underground level of The Flame. Mikhail Bakunin is a recurring fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Andrew Divoff. ... The Others (also known as Them and The Hostiles) are a group of fictional characters who inhabit the island in the American television series Lost and who serve as the antagonists to the series main characters. ... The Others (also known as Them and The Hostiles) are a group of fictional characters who inhabit the island in the American television series Lost and who serve as the antagonists to the series main characters. ...

Of the few items that Kate, Sayid and Locke are able to take with them, a map of the island's electrical and communications network was discovered by Sayid within Dharma Initiative operation manuals and documentations in the underground level.

After entering 7-7, Locke received information about what was going to happen next, but has chosen to keep potential further instructions and info he got for himself.

The Flame's name could refer to a signal fire, as the station's function is communications.

When the manual-override is engaged, the computer in The Flame gives the user a number of options:

• ENTER 2-4 - For a pallet drop.
• ENTER 3-2 - For station communication.
• ENTER 3-8 - For mainland communications via satellite.
• ENTER 5-6 - For mainland communications via sonar.
• ENTER 7-7 - To signal an incursion by the hostiles.

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The station's appearance and apparent functionality in One of Us appears to contradict a subsequent revelation in Through the Looking Glass that communications off the island are being blocked by the the Looking Glass station. One of Us[1] is the sixteenth episode of the third season of Lost. ... List of Lost episodes Through the Looking Glass is the 22nd episode of the third season of the ABC television serial drama drama series Lost and the 69th episode overall. ... On the American television show Lost, the fictional DHARMA Initiative has built several research stations on islands located somewhere in the South Pacific. ...

Station 5: The Pearl

First seen in: "?"

First visited in: "?"

Last seen in: "Exposé"

Name given in: "Lockdown"

Purpose: Psychological Study

Locke's map held by Sawyer

The Pearl is a research station on the Island first discovered by Nikki and Paulo in the episode "Exposé", but first seen during "?", six weeks after the initial discovery, by Locke and Mr. Eko. Identified by a question mark on Locke's hand drawn map it seems to be somewhere "north" of the Swan. Station 5 is a base for monitoring, through hidden security cameras, the Swan station, as well as possibly other Dharma Initiative projects. There is also a camera monitoring the personnel in the Pearl. ? is the 45th episode of Lost. ... ? is the 45th episode of Lost. ... List of Lost episodes Exposé[1] is the fourteenth episode of the third season of Lost. ... Lockdown is the 41st episode of Lost. ... Psychology (from Greek: ψυχή, psukhÄ“, spirit, soul; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is an academic / applied discipline involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior of humans and animals. ... Image File history File links Sawyerwithlockesmap. ... Image File history File links Sawyerwithlockesmap. ... List of Lost episodes Exposé[1] is the fourteenth episode of the third season of Lost. ... ? is the 45th episode of Lost. ... The question mark(?) (also known as an interrogation point, query,[1] or eroteme) is a punctuation mark that replaces the full stop at the end of an interrogative sentence. ... Closed-circuit cameras are often used to discourage crime Closed-circuit television (CCTV), as a collection surveillance cameras doing video surveillance, is the use of television cameras for surveillance. ...

The part of the station visited is a viewing room, which features a three-by-three bank of television sets, two chairs and a computer, hooked to a printer. On the wall there is a pneumatic tube which the orientation videotape stated was used to transport notebooks supposedly to another Dharma location, but as discovered in "Live Together, Die Alone", the tube goes nowhere, dumping all of the notebooks in an open field on the island. Pneumatic tubes, also known as capsule pipelines or Lamson tubes, are systems in which cylindrical containers are propelled through a network of tubes by compressed air or by vacuum. ...

Discovery

While searching for luggage, Nikki and Paulo find the Beechcraft sitting on top of a cliff and accidentally encounter the exterior of the station. Paulo suggests they enter the hatch, and Nikki refuses, finding it inconceivable that the luggage would be able to find itself there. Unbeknownst to anyone else, Paulo enters the hatch days later to hide a matryoshka doll full of diamonds in the bathroom, and inadvertently spies on Ben and Juliet plotting to kidnap Jack to perform a spinal surgery. Nicole Nikki Fernandez is a fictional character on the third season of the ABC television series Lost played by Kiele Sanchez. ... Paulo (pronounced ) is a fictional character on the ABC drama television series Lost, which chronicles the lives of over forty people after their plane crashes on a remote island somewhere in the south Pacific. ... Matryoshka disassembled A matryoshka doll (Russian: , IPA ) or a Russian nested doll (also called stacking dolls or Babushka dolls) is a set of dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside another. ... Benjamin Ben Linus is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Michael Emerson. ... Dr. Juliet Burke is one of the main characters of the hit ABC drama Lost. ... This article contains a trivia section. ...

Locke and Eko looking down the opening to The Pearl.

A few weeks after Paulo's visit, Locke and Eko find the hatch underneath the downed Beechcraft plane from Nigeria that was discovered in "Deus Ex Machina". They pull open the hatch, shaped like an octagon, and descend a long shaft. Locke flips a light switch, revealing a short corridor to a room with two comfortable chairs facing a wall with nine television screens. One television is already turned on, but showing static. Only one of the remaining sets is functional, showing what appears to be a video feed from inside The Swan. Locke sees a computer terminal and answers a prompt reading "Print Log? Y/N". A printer spools off several sheets of paper with the word "accepted" after strings of numbers. These numbers are the dates and times the alarm goes off at Station 3. After which is the word "accepted" if the button has been successfully pushed, or the words "SYSTEM FAILURE" if the timer was allowed to reach zero. Eko finds an orientation video, but this time it is on a U-matic tape instead of a projector reel. Image File history File links Lost-PearlHatch. ... Image File history File links Lost-PearlHatch. ... Deus Ex Machina is the 19th episode of the first season of Lost. ... For other uses, see Octagon (disambiguation). ... Sony U-matic VTR BVU-800 A U-matic tape U-matic is the name of a videocassette format developed by Sony in 1969. ...

Orientation video

The Pearl orientation video.

An orientation video discovered by Locke and Eko is similar to the one they previously viewed inside The Swan. The narrator appears to be the same man in both presentations. This time, however, he introduces himself as "Dr. Mark Wickmund" and has full use of both hands. Image File history File links Pearl_orientation. ... Image File history File links Pearl_orientation. ...

The narrator states that the purpose of the Pearl is to monitor and record the activities of participants in Dharma Initiative projects. He explains that a psychological experiment is taking place in another station on the island: participants therein, unaware that they are under surveillance, have been conditioned to believe their work is of great importance. Two-person teams in the Pearl station, working eight hour shifts over a three week period, are to watch the video displays and take notes on their observations. Every action, regardless of how subtle, is to be recorded into notebooks by the Pearl's team members, both for posterity and ongoing refinement of the Initiative. He demonstrates that a completed notebook should be inserted into a cylinder and fed into the pneumatic tube delivery system. The man affirms that the notebooks will be "transported directly to us." Experimental psychology is an approach to psychology that treats it as one of the natural sciences, and therefore assumes that it is susceptible to the experimental method. ... Pneumatics, from the Greek πνευματικός (pneumatikos, coming from the wind) is the use of pressurized air in science and technology. ...

He instructs the team members that at the end of their eight hour shifts, "you are to proceed to the Pala Ferry, which will take you back to the barracks to prepare for your next - - -" At this point the video fades into snow, but resumes momentarily with the ending, containing the well-wishing of Dr. Wickmund. The end of the video shows a 1980 copyright by The Hanso Foundation, as did The Swan's orientation. Calculated spectrum of a generated approximation of white noise White noise is a random signal (or process) with a flat power spectral density. ... Copyright symbol Copyright is a set of exclusive rights regulating the use of a particular expression of an idea or information. ... In the world of the television series Lost, The Hanso Foundation was formed by arms purveyor Alvar Hanso, who turned his attention from keeping the world safe through the development of sophisticated weapons systems to focus instead on the development of new technologies to create a brighter future for all...

Monitor bank

Dr. Mark Wickmund in front of the monitor bank.

Opposite the entrance to the room is a bank of nine monitors — three rows of three monitors — with each monitor's control panel set into the wall to the right of each monitor. Only one monitor appears to have a video feed being sent to it when Locke and Eko turn them on — real-time video from inside the Swan's main living area. However, in the Pearl Orientation video, the top left monitor is briefly shown to be working, depicting two men around the computer in the Swan. The middle monitor in the bank is connected to a U-matic player within the station. In "The Cost of Living", Nikki, Paulo, Sayid, Desmond and Locke see a man with an eyepatch in one of the monitors. The mysterious man soon covers the camera with his hand, and nothing more is seen. Immediately in front of the bank of monitors are two leather chairs on swivel mounts. Each chair appears to have a desk mounted to the right arm, a large magnifying glass mounted to the left arm (one chair is missing the magnifying glass), and a set of controls are built into the arms including a dial controlling the lighting level.^[5] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x544, 92 KB) Summary Screenshot of LOST Licensing This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x544, 92 KB) Summary Screenshot of LOST Licensing This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. ...

Computer desk

Mr. Eko at the computer desk.

To the right of the monitor bank is a desk with a computer, a printer, message containers, and to the right of the desk is a pneumatic tube. Built into the wall over the desk is a lamp to allow ample lighting over the desk. The computer's prompt showed only one command asking if the user wanted to print a log or not. The computer appears to be continuously logging something, which is later shown to be the dates of inputs of the code in the Swan. Eko took the print out from the computer with him when he left the station. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x544, 97 KB) Summary Screenshot of LOST Licensing This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x544, 97 KB) Summary Screenshot of LOST Licensing This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. ... This article contains a trivia section. ...

The pneumatic tube is still in operating condition as Locke placed his drawing of the Swan's hidden map inside and it was whisked away. The Pearl's orientation film states that the pneumatic tube is to be used to send notebooks to "them" when they are filled with observations and notations about the psychological experiment. At least eleven message containers are present on the computer desk.

In "Live Together, Die Alone", Jack, Sawyer, Kate, Michael and Hurley discover that the termination point of the pneumatic tube is a distant spot on the island, where thousands of tubes containing journals are lying untouched in a large mound. Also found is Locke's map of the stations, which he sent through the tube in "?".

Cupboard

To the left of the monitor bank is a cupboard containing stacks of notebooks branded with the logo of the Pearl and a video cassette of an orientation film for the Pearl. These notebooks were to be used by team members to write down observations of other team members within the other stations.

Purpose

Despite what Eko and Locke originally thought about the station, it does not seem that the information tape about the station is correct. The pipeline capsules actually shoot out of a pipe in the middle of an empty field, and are apparently rarely, if ever, collected. Desmond speculated that instead of the people in the Pearl being the ones observing a psychological experiment, it was perhaps they themselves who were the subjects of the experiment. This is further evidenced by the camera observing the Pearl station itself.

Station 6: The Orchid

First seen in: Comic-Con 2007 Video

First visited in:

Last seen in:

Name given in: Comic-Con 2007 Video

Purpose: NOT Botanical Research

Station ?: The Staff

First seen in: "Maternity Leave"

First visited in: "Maternity Leave"

Last seen in: "D.O.C."

Name given in: "Lockdown"

Purpose: Medical Facility

Kate and Claire outside The Staff.

When Claire's baby, Aaron, becomes ill, she begins having flashbacks of the time she was abducted by Ethan Rom. Convinced that her baby needs to find some of the vaccine that was injected into her pregnant stomach during her abduction, Claire leads Kate and Rousseau through the jungle to the station where she had been held. While traveling, Claire's flashbacks continue sporadically, revealing that this is where the "Others" were going to have Claire give birth, and that there was a nursery provided for the baby. Claire also remembers that there was a corridor that she tried to go down, but that she was diverted by Ethan. When the trio finds the station, however, it has been abandoned. In a locker room, Kate finds costumes and theatrical makeup, including a fake beard, which is very similar in appearance to that worn by Tom. The Staff seems to be a former medical station, since it is equipped with an operating room and is adorned with the caduceus symbol, often associated with the medical profession. Claire and Kate lift the refrigerated cabinet to find that all the medicine has been removed. However, Aaron recovers as Jack predicted before Claire and the others left on their quest. Maternity Leave is the 39th episode of Lost. ... Maternity Leave is the 39th episode of Lost. ... D.O.C[1] is the eighteenth episode of the third season of Lost. ... Lockdown is the 41st episode of Lost. ... Image File history File links The_staff_LOST.jpg Summary Kate and Claire outside The Staff hatch in LOST Licensing This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. ... Image File history File links The_staff_LOST.jpg Summary Kate and Claire outside The Staff hatch in LOST Licensing This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Dr. Ethan Rom is a recurring fictional character on the ABC television show Lost, which chronicles the lives of over forty people after their plane crashes on a remote tropical island somewhere in the south Pacific. ... Danielle Rousseau is a fictional character on the television series Lost played by Mira Furlan. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The Caduceus Two caduceuses without wings as decoration of door portal in Ztracená street in Olomouc (Czech Republic). ...

Location

The Staff's right hallway. Escape Hatch on the right.

The Staff is situated by a large clearing in the jungle of the Island and is entirely underground. There are at least two entrances/exits: a main entrance and an escape hatch. The main entrance, consisting of two large doors, is built into the ground and connects to a stairwell leading deeper underground. Inside the station, a door set into one of the hallways has “ESCAPE HATCH” written above it. It is unknown where this escape hatch leads. Image File history File links Lost-StaffEscapeHatch. ... Image File history File links Lost-StaffEscapeHatch. ...

The main entrance stairwell terminates at a circular doorway within the Staff. A box is mounted on the wall near the doorway and contains several Dharma-branded flashlights. Connected to this doorway are two hallways on either side, giving the station the shape of a “V”. From the circular doorway, the hallway to the right terminates at an operating room. The door to the escape hatch and three other doors are located along the walls of this hallway. The hallway to the left of the circular doorway was not shown. However, Kate ventured down this hallway and was able to restore power to the station somewhere in that hallway. A locker room and a nursery are attached to this hallway.

The previous occupants of the Staff were Ethan Rom and Tom, among others. Just before her escape, Claire saw six individuals dressed in white surgical scrubs inside the operating room. A teenage girl (Alex Rousseau, Danielle's daughter) helped Claire get out of the Staff. Born Alexandra Rousseau, and possibly later renamed Alexandra Linus, Alex is a recurring fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Tania Raymonde. ...

Operating room

Claire and Kate in the Staff's operating room.

At the end of the right hallway is the operating room. The room has built-in cabinets with a shelf and overhead cabinets along one wall, a large array of surgical lights mounted to the ceiling, and the walls of the room are painted with a subdued color palette. When discovered by Kate, Claire, and Rousseau, the room contains a metal basin, a lockable refrigerator, and a couple of cardboard boxes. Image File history File links Lost-StaffOperatingRoom. ... Image File history File links Lost-StaffOperatingRoom. ...

Claire’s flashbacks of her stay in the Staff show a more fully stocked operating room. It contained an examination table, an ultrasonography machine, a floor lamp, and medical supplies. Medical ultrasonography (sonography) is an ultrasound-based diagnostic imaging technique used to visualize muscles and internal organs, their size, structures and possible pathologies or lesions. ...

Nursery

The Staff's nursery from Claire's flashback.

A nursery is located in the Staff and doorways leading into both hallways of the station. The walls of the nursery are painted baby blue. When Claire and Rousseau found the nursery, it was barren with only a wooden rocking chair and several boxes strewn about. Imprints of hanging decorations were on the walls, but the objects were not in the room. Image File history File links Lost-StaffNursery. ... Image File history File links Lost-StaffNursery. ...

Claire’s flashbacks of her stay in the Staff show a fully-furnished nursery. It contained a bed, a storage chest, drawers, shelves with books, and several lamps. Children’s paintings and ornaments adorned the walls of the room. Numerous toys and stuffed animals were placed about the nursery. In addition, the nursery contained a crib with a mobile featuring four Oceanic airliners.

Locker room

The locker room is located in the left hallway of the Staff. The room contains at least two rows of double-tier and one row of single-tier lockers with the Staff logo emblazoned on the locker doors. Inside one of the single-tier lockers, Kate discovered ragged clothes and a ragged wool cap. At the bottom of the locker was a wooden case containing a fake beard and Dharma-branded theatrical glue, among other items - the same items with which the "Other" known as Tom disguises himself for an undisclosed reason.

Hidden inside one of the lockers is a switch that unlocks a hidden vault behind a group of lockers that contains all of the medical equipment and nursery furniture that was seen by Claire in her flashback. Also in this room is an ultrasound machine that is used by Juliet to inform Sun that she had become pregnant on the island and that Jin is the father of her baby.

Station ?: The Hydra

The Hydra logo as seen from the cage where Sawyer and Jack were held

First seen in: "A Tale of Two Cities"

First visited in: "A Tale of Two Cities"

Last seen in: "Stranger in a Strange Land"

Name given in: "A Tale of Two Cities"

Purpose: Zoological Research

The third season premiere of Lost introduced a new station called "the Hydra". Its exact layout has not yet been revealed, but it is located on another island about twice the size of Alcatraz Island, near the island the survivors are on. It has a section above ground on the coast, and another section underwater. The Hydra facility has cages outside the station in the jungle and aquariums underwater. In "Every Man for Himself", Ben tells Sawyer that they are on another island, implying that it is impossible for him to escape. This was later revealed to be untrue, when Sawyer, Kate and Karl escape the island in a boat, reuniting with the other survivors. The reason for the station's location appears to be to prevent the animals kept by Dharma from escaping. Image File history File links HydraFromCage. ... Image File history File links HydraFromCage. ... A Tale of Two Cities is the season premiere of the third season of Lost. ... A Tale of Two Cities is the season premiere of the third season of Lost. ... Stranger in a Strange Land is the ninth episode of the third season of Lost. ... A Tale of Two Cities is the season premiere of the third season of Lost. ... Zoology (rarely spelled zoölogy) is the biological discipline which involves the study of non-human animals. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up Cage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Cage may refer to more than one article: A cage (enclosure) is an enclosure made of mesh, bars or wires, used to confine, contain or protect something. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ...

Island complex

The above ground complex for the Hydra is unknown except for a collection of various cages. The cage used to imprison Sawyer is equipped with a feeding mechanism which Tom says was figured out by the bears in two hours. Output is food as a reward: a fish biscuit, water, and peanuts. Near Sawyer's and Kate's cages is the Hydra station interior. The Others' suburb is not located on this small island. There is also what appears to be a construction site, where the Others made Kate and Sawyer collect and move rocks for an unknown purpose. Karl told Kate and Sawyer that the Others used the smaller island for "projects" - he did not elaborate further. The Hydras logo resembles the Multi-headed dragon in Greek mythology (Hydra is the name of this dragon). This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Impact from a water drop causes an upward rebound jet surrounded by circular capillary waves. ... Binomial name L. This article is about the legume. ...

Underwater complex

The underwater complex, as Juliet claims, was once used as an aquarium, which housed sharks and dolphins (the shark who attacked in "Adrift" had a Dharma Initiative mark on its fin, and has most likely escaped or been released from the Hydra station)*. Jack is kept in one room on lockdown. In a nearby room, Juliet and Ben Linus are monitoring Jack, Kate, and Sawyer. Dialogue in "Every Man for Himself" indicates that the medical facilities in the Hydra are substandard, and that their infirmary lacks a working defibrillator or "Crash cart." Orders see text Sharks are a group (superorder Selachimorpha) of fish, with a full cartilaginous skeleton, a streamlined body plan with between 5 and 7 gill slits along the sides (most often) or side of the head (the first modified slit is behind the eye and called a spiracle), dermal... This article is about the dolphin mammal. ... Adrift is the 26th episode of Lost. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A crash cart is a set of trays on a wheeled cart used in hospitals and emergency rooms which contains all the basic equipment necessary to follow ACLS protocols and save someones life, i. ...

Main building complex

The large, hangar-like facility where Kate, Sawyer and Alex go free Karl. An Other is guarding the front. They easily manage to obtain access to where Karl is being kept (in room 23). Inside it is dim and there are a series of separate rooms down the hallway. Room 23 is furnished with brainwashing equipment and is fairly soundproof. This area is first seen in the "Not in Portland" episode. In "Stranger in a Strange Land", when Jack and Alex go to save Juliet and Tom opens the door, a stand with the Hydra logo can be seen. This article is about the number 23. ... List of Lost episodes Not in Portland is the seventh episode of the third season of Lost. ...

Station ?: The Looking Glass

Charlie approaches The Looking Glass

First seen in: "Greatest Hits"

Last seen in: "Through the Looking Glass"

First visited in: "Greatest Hits"

Name given in: "Greatest Hits"

Purpose: Unknown - previously used by the Others to jam radio signals

The Looking Glass is an underwater station, first introduced and visited in the Charlie-centric episode "Greatest Hits". Ben has apparently been using the Looking Glass to block all electronic communications from the island, including Rousseau's distress signal, first heard in Season One. Juliet reveals the existence and nature of the station, but denies knowing its location. She goes on to say that Ben told her that there had been an accident on the station and as a result it is completely flooded. Sayid, using schematics of the station (taken from the Flame, along with the documents which led him to the Barracks) believes that the cable on the beach will lead them to the station to deactivate its jamming signal. Charlie and Desmond locate the station using the cable, but when Charlie enters the submarine dock, he finds the station to be not only un-flooded, but still manned by two armed women called Bonnie and Greta. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... List of Lost episodes Through the Looking Glass is the 22nd episode of the third season of the ABC television serial drama drama series Lost and the 69th episode overall. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Underwater habitats are research facilities that are fixed underwater and are able to support human life. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Benjamin Ben Linus is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Michael Emerson. ... Danielle Rousseau is a fictional character on the television series Lost played by Mira Furlan. ... Dr. Juliet Burke is one of the main characters of the hit ABC drama Lost. ... Sayid Jarrah (Arabic: سعيد جراح) is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost, played by Naveen Andrews. ... Charlie Hieronymus Pace is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Dominic Monaghan. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... A firearm is a kinetic energy weapon that fires either a single or multiple projectiles propelled at high velocity by the gases produced by action of the rapid confined burning of a propellant. ...

The Looking Glass' Communications room was flooded when Mikhail detonated a grenade outside the room, causing Charlie to drown. The Others (also known as Them and The Hostiles) are a group of fictional characters who inhabit the island in the American television series Lost and who serve as the antagonists to the series main characters. ... Charlie Hieronymus Pace is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Dominic Monaghan. ...

Purpose

Sayid's schematic diagram of The Looking Glass Hatch.

To block all electronic communications from the island. As revealed by the producers, "hatch" was a misprint; it was intended to be "station." Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Symbol

The symbol of the station on its Dharma Initiative logo is of a white rabbit, presumably a reference to the White Rabbit character in the story Alice in Wonderland. The story shares its author, Lewis Carroll, and other characters with the story Through the Looking Glass, which is also the title of the season three finale. Mysteriously, Sayid's schematic shows the rabbit having a hole in its neck, but on the station's exterior, the symbol does not have that hole. The White Rabbit is a fictional character in Lewis Carrolls book Alice in Wonderland. ... Alice in Wonderland is the widely known and used title for Alices Adventures in Wonderland, a book written by Lewis Carroll -- as well as several movie adaptations of the book -- and is also the setting for several short stories. ... Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) – believed to be a self-portrait Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work of childrens literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), and is the sequel to Alices Adventures in Wonderland. ... List of Lost episodes Through the Looking Glass is the 22nd episode of the third season of the ABC television serial drama drama series Lost and the 69th episode overall. ...

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