[lit-ideas] Central Park (not your parent's FLO)
- From: "Steven G. Cameron" <stevecam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:41:20 -0500
As some of you may already know, a fine satellite photo of Central Park
and Christo's Gates Project may be viewed online.
TC,
/Steve Cameron, NJ
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The Gates Project for Central Park (2.4 MB)
http://www.spaceimaging.com/gallery/spacepics/central_park_12Feb05.jpg
The image is very high resolution, and the multitude of orange gates
that line the walkways is clearly visible when you zoom in.
There are, apparently, no man-made structures visible to the unaided
eyes when seen from "space" - low-Earth orbit (200 miles up) and
beyond. This includes the Egyptian Pyramids and the Great Wall of China.
Consider that from 41,000 feet (less than 8-miles up) -- a common
altitude for cross-country flight -- you can barely identify the US
Interstate system, or, in particular, I10, which goes coast to coast and
is wider and as long as the Great Wall of China.
The SpaceImaging provides a bird's eye view of The Gates from 423 miles
in space.
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IKONOS Satellite Photo Advisory
Satellite Image of The Gates Art Project in Central Park
DENVER, Feb. 14, 2005 - Space Imaging's is releasing a newly acquired
satellite image of The Gates art exhibit in Manhattan's Central Park in
New York City. The image was taken Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005, the same day
that The Gates were unfurled. At a cost of $20 Million, The Gates was
conceived by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The image shows all of
Central Park the gates geometrically placed throughout the park.
Space Imaging decided to commemorate this environmental art exhibit by
tasking its IKONOS to share its bird's eye view of the 7,500 gates with
saffron-colored fabric panels. From 423 miles in space moving over the
Earth in a north-to-south orbit at 17,000 mph, this perspective
showcases the size and scope of 23-mile-long The Gates project.
The images may be used in print, broadcast and Web to support reporting
on this story, with a mandatory photo credit of "Satellite image
courtesy of SpaceImaging." The images are best displayed at 1:1 and may
be cropped.
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