The spirals of the volutes are connected by a small laurel wreath. The pillar displays Ionic volutes and palmettes. An oval cylinder encases the dome, and large volutes transfer the lateral thrust. Their abacus blocks are decorated with volutes containing human and animal figures. Shortening the volutes above the handles gave rise to the Chalcidic krater. The balcony door was adorned with a cap that ended in baroque volutes. The volutes of an Ionic capital rest on an echinus, almost invariably carved with egg-and-dart. As a curiosity, the four volutes, two for each capital, were carved reversed. The columns of the inner "peristasis" had leaf decoration and no volutes. The Ionic capital is characterized by the use of volutes. The pump volutes are made of 6062 type aluminum alloy. The solar flare vaporizes the city, and its fiery volutes lap the Earth.