Fallen Moon art installation deflates due to high winds

A elephantine replica of the satellite placed successful a disused docks has deflated successful precocious winds implicit the weekend.

Artist Luke Jerram had chosen Bridgwater, successful Somerset, to debut his archetypal water-based installation of the Fallen Moon.

However the internally-lit sculpture, based connected information from NASA, was damaged by "extreme weather", Bridgwater Town Council said.

The assembly said it is assessing the origin of the malfunction and the grade of the damage, confirming the task has "come to an end".

It apologised for immoderate inconvenience oregon disappointment, and said it has launched an investigation.

The satellite was installed up of the commencement of £5.2m regeneration works to the docks that person not been successful usage since December 2021.

More than 10,000 radical person visited the docks since the artwork was unveiled connected 15 October, the assembly said. The show was planned to decorativeness connected 3 November.

"This is simply a technically challenging task with it being the archetypal water-based installation of Luke’s Image, we knew method challenges mightiness occur," the assembly said.

It added: "The information of our visitors and the integrity of the artwork are of utmost value to us"