Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, Regno Unito. Il 20 luglio 2019. Una mappa della Luna trasforma il pavimento a Lichfield Cathedral - in occasione del cinquantesimo ann
2644 x 4016 px | 22,4 x 34 cm | 8,8 x 13,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
20 luglio 2019
Ubicazione:
Lichfield, UK
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Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK. 20th July 2019. A map of the moon transforms the floor at Lichfield Cathedral to mark the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing with visitors invited to take One Small Step to reflect and remember those that made that iconic journey in words, worship, song and selfies. Houston, this is Eagle. This is the LM Pilot speaking. I would like to request a few moments of silence. I would like to invite each person listening in, wherever and whomever he may be, to contemplate for a moment the events of the past few hours and to invite each person listening, wherever and whomever he may be, to contemplate for a moment the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his own individual way. These words from Apollo 11 crew member, Buzz Aldrin recorded before he stepped onto the moon, will be played in the Cathedral at noon every day throughout the summer as part of the Cathedral’s programme of events on One Small Step, the moon floor art installation by artist, Peter Walker, which will transform the nave into a lunar landscape from July 20th– the anniversary of the Moon Landing – until September. A service of worship takes place on the “moon floor” artwork replicating the Eucharistic service Buzz Aldrin performed on the moon 50 years ago. He used the communion cup from his own church for the service and is recorded as saying he watched as the wine curled slowly and gracefully up the side of the cup due to the gravitational pull of the moon’s atmosphere. The Cathedral Choir will sing David Bowie’s Space Oddity on the moon over the weekend of the 50thanniversary (David Bowie released this song in the same month and year of the Apollo 11 landing upon earth's moon and the BBC requested that Space Oddity be played in the background of their coverage for the Apollo 11 landing on July 20 that same year). The Dean of Lichfield, the Very Revd Adrian Dorber said: “The first moon landing by human beings was an e
