Solar Wind - West Jordan, UT
N 40° 35.034 W 111° 58.459
12T E 417544 N 4493023
A sleek and shiny metal abstract art piece titled, Solar Wind, located at the Salt Lake Community College - West Jordan Campus.
Waymark Code: WMCGGR
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 09/05/2011
Views: 4
This Smithsonian Art Inventory 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. The sheer size of it makes this sculpture very striking.
The Solar Wind sculpture is made of stainless steel with polymer prisms. 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.
TITLE: Solar Wind
ARTIST(S): Robert Perless - Fabricated by: Robert Perless & Stephen O'Brien
DATE: 2000
MEDIUM: Stainless steel with polymer prisms.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 74800003
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Salt Lake Community College - West Jordan Campus
3491 West Wights Fort Road
West Jordan, Utah 84088
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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