Solar Equation

Tue 15 June 2010 7:10am by
Filed under: Culture, Melbourne 

Solar Equation, by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, part of Federation Square’s The Light In Winter, is a simulation of the sun, “100 million times smaller than the real thing”.

Here’s how it looks in daytime, when inactive:
Solar Equation (inactive)

At dusk it fires up:
Solar Equation

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12 comments on Solar Equation

  1. mikeys on Tue, 15th Jun 2010 7:28 am

    2. I love this thing! It’s soo amazing. Have been over a few times already to play with it via the iPhone app (app is ‘Solar Equation’, funnily enough)….

    Worth checking out for any Melburnians, ends in 2 weeks today.

  2. Roger on Tue, 15th Jun 2010 7:44 am

    3. Cool! Errr… I mean, hot!

  3. herschel landes on Tue, 15th Jun 2010 10:42 am

    4. … no sun spots i see!

  4. OzSoapbox on Tue, 15th Jun 2010 10:51 am

    5. I want one in my backyard!

  5. enno on Tue, 15th Jun 2010 3:28 pm

    6. there is no such thing as ” a million times smaller “

  6. Phillip on Tue, 15th Jun 2010 4:30 pm

    7. Isn’t that a fake?

  7. Alex Hughes on Tue, 15th Jun 2010 9:05 pm

    8. Phillip, It isn’t fake. It really exists and on opening night it crashed.

    http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs262.snc3/27745_436787675658_680710658_6233879_7971638_n.jpg

  8. Chelsea on Tue, 15th Jun 2010 9:25 pm

    9. Oh wow! That’s amazing and freaky at the same time. Every time I stare at it, I feel like it’s a comet coming to crash onto Earth.

  9. Kathy on Tue, 15th Jun 2010 9:59 pm

    10. I like it.. It is pretty. (Yeah, I’m a real art critic, me ;-)

  10. Erica on Tue, 15th Jun 2010 10:33 pm

    11. Can we get a coronal mass ejection, please? :-D

  11. Daniel on Wed, 16th Jun 2010 8:07 am

    12. @Phillip, correct, there is not really a giant ball of fire hovering over Federation Square.

    @Chelsea, it’s well worth looking for video online, or going to see it yourself; it’s animated with sound. Very neat.

  12. Chelsea on Wed, 16th Jun 2010 11:21 pm

    13. I might check it out when I have the time this weekend. But I did go look for it in YouTube. Still amazing and a little freaky.