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Giant Red Ball Attempts to Flee Ohio for California to Join Smaller Black Balls, Doesn't Make It

Tears for spheres

By Rain Noe - August 24, 2015

in Fine Art

You've probably heard that earlier this summer L.A. dumped 96 million "shade balls" into their reservoirs. The thinking was that the black, 4-inch HDPE spheres will reduce evaporation. Here's a quick vid showing part of the mesmerizing dumping, which reminds us of Jelle Bakker's epic Marble Machine:

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Authorities are not clear on how the following incident happened, but here's what we know:

1. A gigantic red ball created by Brooklyn artist Kurt Perschke apparently witnessed the video above.

2. During the installation process of Perschke's RedBall Project at the Toledo Museum of Art, the aforementioned red ball decided it had had enough, and made up its mind to travel to Los Angeles to join its smaller waterborne friends.

The following video was shot just moments after the ball broke loose and attempted to find a freeway on-ramp:

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Luckily the dangerous crimson sphere, which rolled over several parked cars while blatanly ignoring a One Way sign, was detained by museum employees who somehow managed to talk it down.

Authorities are requesting that RedBall Project visitors refrain from showing the ball any videos of Bakker's marble machine, which is located across the Atlantic Ocean in Holland.

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'video has been removed by the user'

oh well...

on the topic of shade balls.... why didnt they use white? Cost maybe? The white would keep cooler, thus, reducing evaporation even more. Also, i wonder if they are weighted. IF they could free spin, that may cause unexpected evaporation from rolling water film.

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  I thought so about the color, but the link on the post explain a bit : http://time.com/3998554/shade-balls-graphic/
  
  "Color in black surface because that color is UV resistant to heat, and also prevents the production of algae and carcinogen called bromate"
  
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