Imagine Peace today
by Tateru Nino 
Oct 9th 2009 at 3:00PM
Filed under: Culture, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, News items, Second Life, Virtual worlds
Friðarsúlan in Icelandic, otherwise known as the Imagine Peace Tower has been recreated at least three times in Second Life that we're aware of. The tower of light, dedicated to the late John Lennon, consists of a geothermally powered base, and shines its light as much as four kilometres into the sky. Around the base are the words imagine peace in 24 languages.
This third Second Life recreation of the light tower was commissioned by Yoko Ono, artist, peace-activist, musician and Lennon's widow.
After the lighting ceremony for the physical tower in Iceland, Ono will be unveiling this Second Life version on Imagine Peace Island (SLURL) at 3:30PM US Pacific time today.
The tower will illuminate 15 minutes after sunset each Second Life day, and remain lit until the next Second Life dawn. Sunset on the island takes place at 3:30, 6:30 and 10:30 (both AM and PM) US Pacific time each day.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ann Otoole said on 3:56PM 10-09-2009
I wonder if they will open the island or if they will just keep the ban lines up. Supposedly it was going to be opened to the public at 11:20 today and I see green dots but still no access.
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Myria said on 5:44PM 10-09-2009
Well, if nothing else if we juice up that light source by a few giga-joules it should make a good anti-satellite laser, eh?
Dunno what you could use it for in Second life. But then... That pretty much applies to everything in Second Life.
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