Your Questions, Answered

  • 475.6cm wide by 29.7cm high (approximately 187 inches wide by 12 inches high)

  • The majority is high-quality paper, with high-resolution printed inks. The four planetary areas are a thin metallic layer, with laser markings for each planet (plus our Moon)

  • It is shipped as a single piece but rolled into a tube for ease of transportation

  • No. We have carefully designed Metaltellus to be at the edge of human eye resolution, any smaller and visual aids would be needed, which takes away from the overall sense of scale

  • Yes! We have designed our layout such that dividing it into two equal pieces does not cut through any critical content - although we recommend keeping everything together to retain the sense of scale

  • Not everyone has sufficient eyesight to see at the scale we have created. However, we find shining a light (e.g. your mobile phone torch) makes it easier to pick out the glint of the metal - just like the Sun allows us to see the planets from Earth!