WORDS by Eoin English/Irish Examiner - The mesmerising Earth sculpture by artist Luke Jerram, which rotates every four minutes while suspended high above the cathedral aisle, features spectacularly high-res imagery of the Earth’s surface provided by NASA. Named Gaia, the personification of the Earth in Greek mythology, it is 1.8m times smaller than the planet with each centimetre of the internally lit sculpture describing 18km of the planet’s surface. A specially-made surround sound composition by BAFTA award-winning composer Dan Jones is played as it rotates. It is designed to give onlookers 'the overview effect’ — a phrase first coined by Frank White in 1987 to describe the feelings of awe that astronauts experience when they view Earth from space. It has toured all over the world and has been brought to Cork by the Wilsons, in collaboration with Bishop of Cloyne William Crean, Cobh parish, and Cork Midsummer Festival. Pic: Larry Cummins. On Tuesday evening a special concert 'The Planets' by Hoist, played by Robbie Carroll, organist, with Violini Cork with violin duo Aine O'Halloran and Teresa Foley, and Musica Orchestra with violinist Aine O'Halloran took place as a fundrasier for the Cathedral maintenance at St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh Co. Cork. Pic: Larry Cummins