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There is currently a 7 metre (23 ft) diameter sculpture hanging in the nave of Durham cathedral. It is based on thousands of NASA satellite photos and was made to a scale of 1 centimetre equals 5 kilometres. (1:5,000)
Here's a couple of photos I took of it.
(The cathedral was built some 900 to 1,000 years ago. The first photo shows the massive size of this impressive Norman structure.)

Petter 9 Oct 19
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One minor correction: the scale is 1:500,000.

Oops.

@Petter Everybody makes mistakes - specially me!

@anglophone .... but to forget that a centimetre is only a hundredth of a meter!

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Amazing to think that anyone can now see the far side of the moon.

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So this is what happened to the Reverend Moon.

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Stunning conversation piece!

I’ll say!

But you do need a large house!

@Petter 'Tis the House of God, my boy! 😉

@anglophone When people visit my house they exclaim "Good God"!!!

@Petter One would need a high ceiling or the scale of it would overwhelm... three levels of wide open space would be enough

@AnonySchmoose Nah. Just take take the roof off our house. It hardly ever rains in Mojacar.

@Petter
A tall open courtyard would be nice
Just use the real moon

@AnonySchmoose Trouble with that is one only sees one half of the moon, and a lot of that is at an angle.
Also, in those circumstances, I get the urge to hold someone.

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Wow, that is amazing. How did it come to reside in the cathedral?

It is "on tour" and needs large, tall spaces to be exhibited. It moves to a new venue in mid-November, after 2 months in Durham cathedral.

@Petter is it coming to the US, or staying in England/GB/Europe?

@MsKathleen I don't know.
I do know there are copies in Sydney, Australia, and Barcelona, Spain. It has also been exhibited in Calcutta.

He has recently produced a new "sculpture" featuring earth.

[en.m.wikipedia.org]

@Petter thanks fir that link. I found this about the tour. One will be in Belmont, North Carolina, November 4 thru 7. [my-moon.org]
Info for Belmont event [moonlightonmain.com]
It is a multimedia event!

@Petter I am going to watch for “earth” to come to the US. Unfortunately, I cannot go to the Nirth Carolina event, because my grandson will be visiting me here in AZ.

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What is supporting it & what is it made of?

It is supported by some thin, black coated, steel cables and is internally lit. I do not know what material was sculpted.
It was created by Luke Jerram.
I wonder what the mediaeval church would have done to anyone creating such a sculpture, to contradict the "holy book"?

@Petter does the bibble say that its flat & made out of cheese?

@FrayedBear It did, until the revised, revised, revised edition of the revised edition.

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I was only wondering about an hour ago "where's Petter?" Now I know.

Gallivanting away on your annual medical trip?

Nothing medical about it. More like making friends and family in UK sick, after 2 years of freedom from my presence!

@Petter aha. There I thought that you have an annual Harley St. appointment for your everlasting problem.

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