Global Rainbow

The 'Global Rainbow' is being projected from Preston tonight, and despite being almost 20 miles away, is clearly visible in our night sky. It's a cultural Olympiad project, and is described as....

'Global Rainbow is a spectacular outdoor artwork created by New York and Berlin based artist Yvette Mattern. With the installation, the artist intends to symbolise hope and to encompass geographical and social diversity in its reach.

Global Rainbow consists of seven parallel beams of high specification laser light, representing the spectrum of the seven colours of the rainbow, and is designed to be projected across large open sites'

I feel lucky to have such a great view from my very own attic window :-)