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The Discovery Museums in Acton, MA had one, it was pretty big...
Beryl

At 1:55 PM +1200 7/13/06, Bettina Anderson wrote:
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>Gudday Northern Hemisphere folks!!
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>Has anyone out there made a giant version of the novelty (i.e. coffee table
>size) moving sand pictures for use in an exhibit environment???
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>To see what I mean by moving sand picture visit:
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>  <http://www.thecupboardshoppe.com/> http://www.thecupboardshoppe.com/
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>If you have -  I'd love to know how it went (easy?, hard?, any maintenance
>problems?) and how best to go about making one of these or if there are any
>international suppliers that manufacture large-scale ones.
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>We're looking to incorporate one as part of an exhibit on soil erosion and
>deposition in river environments as they are such lovely visual
>representations of sedimentation processes.
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>Many thanks in advance.
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>Bettina Anderson
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