Pit and punches

The boy in red had distanced himself in this pit; training himself in boxing. Finding him there in my view I asked him if...and OH he wasn't bothered at all :-) 

A blip from Den Haag's "Heavenly Vault" this is; a manmade crater designed by James Turrell from USA (in 1996) in the rubble dunes close to the coast of SW Den Haag.

On internet I found the following text on this piece of work:
www.atlasobscura.com:
"After entering the crater via a curved tunnel that runs through one side, visitors will find nothing but a lush, grassy interior and an odd stone bench in the very center. The stone is flat on top and slightly peaked so that there are two identical sloping planes. The idea is for visitors to lie on the slabs with their heads towards the lower ends of the slopes which will allow them to see the edge of the crater but mainly the open sky. With the curved edge as a reference point the sky appears to be a curved dome (which it sort of is).
This optical illusion was inspired by the findings of a Belgian astronomer who noted how light affects our perception, and now anyone in the area can find out how true that is for themselves."


Happy weekend to you all! ... how time flies!