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Largest flower word in the world blooms in Switzerland

Heerbrugg (ots)

In the Rhine Valley of Switzerland, there
momentarily blooms the largest flower word in the world. Violet-blue
Phacelia plants form the 235 metre-long word RHEINHOF with letters
reaching 40 metres in size in a grain field. In addition, corn plants
have also been planted and their growth already shows an even larger
recognisable number 25. This represents the 25-year celebration of
the existence of both the Rheinhof Agricultural Education and
Advisory Centre at the Swiss border of Austria and the Principality
of Liechtenstein.
Writing mapping data from a distance of 20,200 kilometres The
writing was transferred into the landscape from a distance of 20,200
km. The letters were read into a GPS System 500 from Leica Geosystems
and, with the help of the Navstar GPS satellites circling the earth
at 20,200 km, they were transferred at centimetre accuracy to the
Rheintal landscape. The Swiss GPS surveying systems hold the position
of world leaders in the field of surveying. These instruments
permitted a centimetre-exact staking-out of the letter outlines,
which the sowing machine of the Rheinhof Agricultural School could
then easily follow.
Seasonal Colour Play
As the crops forming the word Rheinhof and the anniversary number
of 25, bloom - a colour play will develop. While currently green, the
surrounding cornfield will change to yellow, and as the crops of the
anniversary number grow, the plants will first appear green and later
in autumn become yellow.
The Astronaut Art Gallery in Year 2003
This is only a small test field in a far more comprehensive
"LandArte" Project. The project will see several of over 5-10
hectares large plant pictures between Sargans and Lake Constance.
These displays, arranged by artists and farmers in the year 2003 and
dubbed an 'Astronaut Art Gallery', will celebrate the 200 year
anniversary of the Canton St Gallen within one of the largest plains
of Switzerland. Nature, art and the most modern technology will be
united. The world's first 'Astronaut Art Gallery' in the alpine Rhine
Valley, where Lake Constance and the Rhine River meet with
Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and Germany, will be visible from
the International Space Station (ISS). Digital flight image sensors
from Leica Geosystems will document this interaction of nature, art
and technology for the 3D-view with the internationally leading Erdas
remote sensing software Imagine(tm).
Colour image for high 300 dpi printing can be downloaded directly
from http://www.leica-geosystems.com/news/2002/rheinhof2.htm

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