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A global attraction will spend three weeks in Lancaster this summer and inspire a brand new festival.
The spectacular artwork depicts how the world looks from the moon. Luke Jerram’s Gaia will revolve from the rafters of the city’s oldest church, during the 50th anniversary year of NASA’s Apollo 17 mission which first showed earth to the world as a blue marble floating in space.
Measuring seven metres in diameter, Gaia, the personification of the earth, according to Greek mythology, features the detailed NASA imagery of the earth’s surface. The artwork is 1.8 million times smaller than the real earth with each centimetre of the internally lit sculpture describing 18km of the earth’s surface. By standing 211m away from Gaia, visitors can see the earth as it appears from the moon.
As Gaia revolves, a specially made surround-sound composition by BAFTA award-winning composer, Dan Jones will be heard alongside other musical performances.
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Morecambe, Lancaster and the Lune Valley is located in Lancashire, in the Northwest of England. Leave M6 at jct 33 or 34 and follow the signs for Lancaster city centre. Once in the city centre follow the signs to Castle and Priory Church.
The nearest train station is Lancaster which is only a 5 minute walk from Lancaster Visitor Information Centre, just outside the city centre. The station is on the West Coast Mainline with regular mainline Virgin services to London & South and Glasgow & North. Local services include a regular service to Morecambe. For more information call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 484950 or visit nationalrail.co.uk. The nearest bus station is Lancaster which is less than a 5 minute walk from the central pedestrianised shopping area at Damside St/Chapel St. Local, regional and national services are available. For further information contact traveline on 0871 200 2233 or visit traveline.org.uk. Situated directly behind the railway station and five minutes' walk from the city centre bus station.
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