ESA Portal - 600 metre frieze of planet Earth around UNESCO

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A frieze depicting planet Earth – made up of 1:1000000 scale satellite images – will be unfurled around UNESCO’s Paris headquarters building from 29 March to 4 November. The “Belle île en ciel” exhibition, organised by UNESCO as part of its 60th birthday celebrations, will be officially opened on 29 March (at 5 p.m.) in the presence of UNESCO Director General Koïchiro Matsuura, ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and Parc Européen du Volcanisme ‘Vulcania’ President Jean Mallot. The exhibition – which is being supported by the European Space Agency, the Parc européen Vulcania, PlanetObserver, Spot Image, RATP and L’Express - will give visitors a view of the Earth from a strikingly fresh perspective. It will essentially serve to highlight the planet’s fragility.