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It is known that allene (propadiene) $\ce{H2C=C=CH2}$ geometry is such that its hydrogen atoms are not in the same plane – do not form rectangle, but “extended tetrahedron”

allene structure

I wonder if structurally analogous carbon dioxide $\ce{O=C=O}$ exhibit similar geometry, i.e. do its lone electron pair orbitals form extended tetrahedron as well (IUPAC officers probably would not like following structure diagram)

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or are they in the same plane? And why?

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