The so called Supermoon – the lunar occurance on March 19th in which the moon appeared 14% bigger and 30% brighter – was both an event and a non-event. What it didn’t do, as many have hypothesized would be a result of increased gravitational forces, was cause large-scale natural destruction. What it did end up doing, in an ironic turn of events, was shine down beautifully on the people of Japan, inspiring them to believe in and have hope for rebuilding what they had lost just over a week ago.
The moon, whether it’s in age-old fairy tales or modern-day anime, has held a revering spot in the Japanese psyche. And in all its glowing symbolism it did something else: it inspired Nosigner to create a topographically-accurate LED light simply titled, “The moon.” It was created based on data retrieved from the Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya, appropriately named after the legendary Japanese moon princess Kaguya-hime. Stunning, is it not?
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June 28, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Love to buy one for myself!!!
June 29, 2011 at 11:23 am
@Jay I’ll be sure to do an update if/when it becomes available
June 29, 2011 at 11:37 am
Would love to have one of these for myself as well, I hope you do start selling them 🙂
June 30, 2011 at 10:05 am
I would love to see this produced into sale it would be a major hit
June 30, 2011 at 10:24 am
want one!
July 3, 2011 at 6:16 am
the lamp looks really nice. where can I get one? I didn’t found a link to order one. 🙁
July 3, 2011 at 8:37 am
@paul it’s unknown whether or not the item will become commercially available. I will do an update if it does.
July 7, 2011 at 12:02 am
Please email me if you do sell them. So beautiful!