Art Here and Now » Mexico http://www.arthereandnow.com Daring creativity happening now around the world Sat, 05 Feb 2011 03:51:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=7128 en hourly 1 Big Banana in the Skyhttp://www.arthereandnow.com/big-banana-in-the-sky/ http://www.arthereandnow.com/big-banana-in-the-sky/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:19:40 +0000 Trout Monfalco http://www.arthereandnow.com/2007/09/04/big-banana-in-the-sky/ Montreal artist Cesar Saez is creating a 300 meter banana, with a bamboo skeleton and helium bladders, which he intends to launch into geostationary orbit over Texas. It is launching from Baja, Mexico. It will appear in the sky 10-20% the size of the moon. Just to be clear, 300 meters is over twice [...]]]>

Montreal artist Cesar Saez is creating a 300 meter banana, with a bamboo skeleton and helium bladders, which he intends to launch into geostationary orbit over Texas. It is launching from Baja, Mexico. It will appear in the sky 10-20% the size of the moon.

Just to be clear, 300 meters is over twice as long as an American football field, and 30 meters longer than the Titanic.

More at the project site: Geostationary Banana Over Texas

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