Observation by Alex Pratt: Earth globe, St Thomas' church, Dou...

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Alex Pratt

Observer

Alex Pratt

Observed

2024 May 05 - 11:30

Uploaded

2024 May 08 - 22:37

Objects

The Earth

Equipment

Mobile phone

Location

St Thomas' church, Douglas, Isle of Man

Target name

Earth globe, St Thomas' church, Douglas, Isle of Man

Title

Earth globe, St Thomas' church, Douglas, Isle of Man

About this image

I was pleasantly surprised to see that St Thomas' church had an exhibition of one of Luke Jerram's illuminated, rotating Gaia Earth globes. While I was in the church the janitor switched off the indoor lights. He said "I'm not locking up, just making it dark in the church so you can see the globe at its best". It was fitting to hear the accompanying audio of the Apollo 8 crew saying how they were the first astronauts to take colour pictures of the Earth seen as a full globe.

I've seen the Earth and Moon globes in Bradford, Wakefield and the Natural History Museum, London. It's the varying locations which add unique ambience to the experience.

Here's the webpage for the display on the Isle of Man - and the YouTube video 'Gaia Touring Earth Artwork'

Gaia at St Thomas' Church (netzero.im)

Files associated with this observation

Earth_globe_20240505_1130_ARP.png (926.8 kB)

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