A 7m (21ft) wide sculpture of Mars on display at Truro Cathedral has been providing lots of school half-term fun.
The artwork called Mars: War and Peace was created by Luke Jerram and follows his Gaia installation, which was exhibited at Truro Cathedral in 2023.
The artwork featured detailed NASA images of the planet and at an approximate scale of 1:1million, each centimetre of the internally-lit sculpture representing 10km (6.2 miles) of the surface of the planet.
The piece is on show until 2 November, with tickets to it also offering free entry to the cathedral.
One boy who spoke to the BBC while with his family said: “I didn’t expect it to be that big.”
There has been a range of ticketed events and activities accompanying the installation, with a party due on Saturday to herald the end of the installation.
Other events include a organ performance of music from the movie Interstellar by Roger Sayer, the original organist on the film soundtrack, on 28 October.
Mr Sayer said: “The people who come to my events are often people who would never set foot in a church, but they are; and would never come to an organ concert, but they are.
“In a way it’s sort of bridging that gap, and there is a sort of revival of younger people coming to the organ now.”
