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As the sun went down tonight, so La Machine was all lit up. I have piccytures. Lots of lovely piccytures..

And met up with Emma and Paul, which was fun. Apologies for nattering your heads off ten to the dozen.. I was a *tiny* bit excited! Sorry I couldn't stay out to play guys!

But first:
Loose schedule (also lots of lovely lovely pics. Arachnophobes beware!)

An'.. onto the pics..

To give you an idea of the scale.. and you can see the guys abseiling down to set up the lights here..whee!
Big fucker!

As the sun went down, so the spotlights started to show..

This thing is massive! You can see the legs tucked under the body clearly here.. the span becomes even more impressive when they're folded out.
yey

I've taken tons more, so you're likely to see more as I go through em!

Lovely linkages to further info/vids/pictures:

The French 'scientists' who are 'investigating the new arrival.

Another video from the 'scientist 'Joseph Browning.

More from the 'scientists' worried about 'La Princess' laying eggs!

The creature awoken by demolition work.. also *bless* the old couple at the end of this vid!

Preview vid on the 08 site from down in the ship hanger at Cammell Laird's.. very vague.. but they show you a couple of the guys who operate it..

The local harpist chosen to play from a cherry picker!

More BBC Liverpool coverage

Some info on its' construction from the BBC site:

"The spider was built in Nantes and is 50 feet high weighing 37 tonnes.

Made from steel and reclaimed poplar the spider can move at speeds of up to two miles an hour.

Using 50 hydraulic axes of movement the spider took a year to build.

The technical requirements for the event are immense with 16 cranes being used over the five days along with six forklift trucks and eight cherry pickers.

There are 66 French personnel working on the project in Liverpool along with 20 British musicians and a 250 strong technical and support crew."

It'll also be covered on local media:
"You can listen to comprehensive coverage over the weekend on BBC Radio Merseyside 95.8FM.

At 7.30pm on 10 September, BBC One North West will screen La Machine in Liverpool. Gordon Burns and Jayne Barrett present extensive coverage of the finale on Sunday and look back across the weekends highlights. The programme will be available on iPlayer after broadcast."

Liverpool Echo coverage