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Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Largest Pysanka

In honour of Easter, here are some links to the world's largest Easter egg or Pysanka, which is found in Vegreville, Alberta. I have seen it myself and would encourage anyone travel highway #16 from Edmonton to Lloydminister to stop in and see it up close. I do have pictures of the non-digital kind some where but for this blog I will use the online digital ones. Some would say why such a large Pysanka (Or why make it at all? ... Nephew Matthew)? Others would say why not? I merely present this as something to blog about.
Here are the facts:
EggFacts

· Egg Width: 25.7 feet
· Egg Height: 18.3 feet
· Total Height: 31.6 feet
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Material: Alumuinum skin
· Turns like weathervane
· Weight: 5,000 pounds
· Star Patterns: 524
· Triangular Pieces: 2,206
· Visible Facets: 3,512
· Nuts and Bolts: 6,978
· Internal Struts: 177
· Man Hours: 12,000
(Facts from:World's Largest Easter Egg - The 'Pysanka' in Vegreville, Canada
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(Photos fromPhoto album of Vegreville)
Links of Interest:
Vegreville, Alberta
Computer Science Project
Pysanka (Easter Egg) - Vegreville, Alberta
Vegreville, Alberta & its Easter Egg
Easter egg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Courtesy www.chumpchange.ca

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