World’s First Art Exhibit Visible from Space

From November 20-28, 350 EARTH launched the world’s first ever global climate art project. In over a dozen places across the globe, citizens and artists created massive public art installations to show how climate change is already impacting our world as well as offer visions of how we can solve the crisis. Each art installation was large enough to be seen from space and documented by satellites generously provided by DigitalGlobe.

350 EARTH was the first-ever global scale group show on the front line of climate change—our polluted cities, endangered forests, melting glaciers, and sinking coastlines. It took place on the eve of the United Nations climate meetings in Cancun, Mexico where delegates are working to create an international climate treaty. 350 EARTH demonstrates the public support for bold climate action and the role that art can play in inspiring humanity to take on our greatest challenge: protecting the planet on which we live.

“KING CANUTE” BY THOM YORKE — BRIGHTON-HOVE, UK

“RED POLAR BEAR” BY BJARGEY OLAFSDOTTIR — LANGJOKULL GLACIER, ICELAND

“SOLAR SCARAB” BY SARAH RIFAAT — CAIRO, EGYPT

“GAL·LA” BY JORGE RODRIGUEZ-GERADA — DELTA DEL EBRO, SPAIN

“FLASH FLOOD” BY SANTA FE ART INSTITUTE — SANTA FE, USA

SANTA DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

“350 EARTH AUSTRALIA” BY KEITH CHIDZEY — FOWLER’S GAP , AUSTRALIA

“SOLAR SUN” BY THE CANARY PROJECT — CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

“SOLAR EAGLE” BY SPECTRAL Q — LOS ANGELES, USA

“BRAZILIAN FLAG” — BRAZIL

“CLIMATE ELEPHANT” BY DANIEL DANCER — NEW DELHI, INDIA

3,000 students and teachers at the Ryan International School in New Delhi along with volunteers from the Indian Youth Climate Network joined aerial artist Daniel Dancer to form an enormous elephant with rising seas below to ask world leaders to not ignore the “elephant in the room” — climate change.

Source : http://www.getintravel.com/worlds-art-exhibit-visible-space/