On Thursday 12th February, Year 5 and 6 were fortunate enough to be able to visit Mars - the famous ‘Red Planet’.
Luke Jerram (same artist who created ‘Gaia: Earth artwork’ and ‘Museum of the Moon’ which the classes visited in previous years) had created yet another stunning artwork. The exhibit is being held in Peel for a few weeks
Measuring seven metres in diameter, the artwork features 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the Martian surface. At around one million times smaller than the actual planet, each centimetre of the internally lit spherical sculpture represents 10 kilometres of the surface of Mars.
The artwork allowed us to view Mars from the air, as though we are a satellite mapping and studying the surface in perfect detail. Every valley, crater, volcano and mountain is laid bare for us to inspect. The artwork transports us to this desert wasteland, to imagine what it’s like to step foot on this incredible planet.