Solar Wind - West Jordan, UT
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Chasing Blue Sky
N 40° 35.034 W 111° 58.458
12T E 417546 N 4493023
A sleek and shiny metal abstract art piece titled, Solar Wind.
Waymark Code: WMC193
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 07/13/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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This "sculpture" is located in the commons area of the West Jordan Campus of the Salt Lake Community College. It appears like a very long and slim abstract rocket. It is a wind vane which reflects light through prisms, thus creating rainbows throughout the site.

The solar wind streams off of the Sun in all directions at speeds of about 400 km/s (about 1 million miles per hour). The source of the solar wind is the Sun's hot corona. The temperature of the corona is so high that the Sun's gravity cannot hold on to it.

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Title: Solar Wind

Artist: Robert Perless - Fabricated by: Robert Perless & Stephen O'Brien

Media (materials) used: Stainless Steel with Polymer Prisms

Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Salt Lake Community College - West Jordan Campus

Date of creation or placement: 2000
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