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Museum Of The Moon
''Museum of the Moon'' is a 2016 inflatable installation artwork by Luke Jerram. It is a spherical model of the Moon, with a diameter of . Several copies tour the world for temporary exhibitions, often accompanied by music. There are also copies in museums in Barcelona and Sydney. Jerram was inspired to create an artwork of the Moon after observing the wide tidal range of a local waterway when he lived in Bristol. The helium balloon was made by Cameron Balloons, initially funded by the UK Association of Science and Discovery Centres and the UK Space Agency, using ripstop material coated with urethane. The surface of the sphere is decorated with 120dpi printed imagery of the Moon's surface from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, stitched together by the Astrogeology Science Centre of the United States Geological Survey, at a scale of about 1:500,000, or to . When installed in a dark place, the sphere is lit internally to create a glowing floating orb. Although the ...
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HK 灣仔 Wan Chai 利東街 Lee Tung The Avenue Night 月球博物館 Big Moon Museum By UK Luke Jerram October 2017 IX1 06
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