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Colossus of Rhodes To Be Rebuilt As Giant Light Sculpture

Posted by samzenpus on from the seven-great-projects-of-the-world dept.

The people of Rhodes will once again be able to gaze upon one of the world's seven ancient wonders with the help of East German artist Gert Hof, and international funding. Like the original, the new Colossus will adorn an outer pier in the harbor area of Rhodes, and be visible to passing ships. Unlike the original Colossus, this one will be made of light. "We are talking about a highly, highly innovative light sculpture, one that will stand between 60 and 100 meters tall so that people can physically enter it," said Dr Dimitris Koutoulas, who is heading the project in Greece. "Although we are still at the drawing board stage, Gert Hof's plan is to make it the world's largest light installation, a structure that has never before been seen in any place of the world."

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  1. Carbon offsetting by CRCulver · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The energy demands for this thing must be huge. I wonder how they are offsetting the carbon.

    1. Re:Carbon offsetting by aliquis · · Score: 2, Interesting

      You can't offset it, if you do anything about it that thing could had been done anyway so ..

      Who cares, it's not like it will make a huge difference compared to all other light sources, also how much energy would be consumed to build the same thing in concrete or whatever? + lighting that one up, maintenance, so on.