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After doing a little orbit of the Earth, travelling to various different cities on the planet over the past two years, artist Luke Jerram’s giant globe is back at Southwark Cathedral. The huge seven metre sculpture is made out of detailed NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface, creating a mind-bendingly realistic replica of our planet.
The spinning globe is accompanied by a soundtrack by composer Dan Jones. If that all sounds impressive, bear in mind that this sculpture is in fact 1.8 million times smaller than the actual earth. How’s that for a sense of perspective.
Which is part of Jerram’s point. He wants you to look at the work and be awed, and then realise that that’s something even more awesome outside the window, and we’re living on it, so maybe we should treat it with a little respect. It’s all part of the Cathedral’s Climate Justice Fortnight, which includes plenty of other events too. More details here.
Luke Jerram's 'Gaia' is at at Southwark Cathedral until Nov 2. £5.
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Jerram currently also has a gigantic floating moon on display in Somerset – find out more about that here.
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