There ’s a massive neon jellyfish suspend over traffic in business district Denver , traverse 230 - feet across and flap lightly in the night tune . It ’s a dramatic sight but no cause for concern ; the strange form is 1.26 , an unbelievable aerial sculpture by Janet Echelman tethered to the roof of the Denver Art Museum .
Foregoing the blade social system she typically employ for such installation , Echelman used a cutting - edge support arrangement of Spectra fibre , a material 15 times stronger than steel by weight . At night , colored illumination raise the piece , while the dark obnubilate the support cable altogether .
The deed of conveyance was inspire by NASA ’s announcement that the Chilean Earthquake in February 2010 shook the Earth ’s muckle significantly enough to shorten the length of our day by 1.26 microseconds ; the three - dimensional model of the leave tsunami rumble across the Pacific inform the objet d’art ’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe . Hopefully nothing shakes this 1.26 out of spot before its time to come down . [ Triangulation Blog ]
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