KFC builds logo visable from space(video included)

It makes me wonder what KFC is thinking, but apparently they have built a logo visable from space out of small little tiles near Area 51 in Nevada.

From the KFC news release ( Which can be found at: http://www.kfc.com/about/pressreleases/111406.asp ):

The "Face from Space" took more than 3,000 hours to create from inception to launch and was built by Synergy, a leading event company.

The logo consists of 65,000 one-foot by one-foot painted tile pieces that were assembled like a giant jigsaw puzzle: 6,000 red, 14,000 white, 12,000 eggshell, 5,000 beige and 28,000 black.

The logo took 24 days, working around-the-clock, to manufacture and ultimately produce. It then took six days on site to construct the logo, during which time the logo design pieces were kept hidden and under cover from identified and unidentified flying objects.

You can see a Google video of the construction by going to this website ( Too lazy to get the link directly to the video )

http://michaelcastellon.blogspot.com/2006/...from-space.html

Honestly I don't know what the purpose of such a creation is, other than maybe to get their name in the press for some sort of recognition.

Thought it was weird so I figured I'd post it up.

Nice. Way to go KFC. Perhaps they don't realize that you can't actually see the logo from "space." At best, someone could high-flying plane, but certainly not from space. You can see the video here; watch how close you have to zoom in before the logo actually becomes visible.

You're probably right, all this does for Kentucky Fried... whatever... is get them some media attention.

I especially enjoy the very end of the video, where the wind blows and causes the tiles to curl up and blow away.

Thats awesome! I think Arbys should do one. I wounder how much that cost and what it was made out of.

I [wonder] ... what it was made out of.

As Zeldafan1 said, "one-foot by one-foot painted tile pieces."

Originally Posted by KFC

KFC CREATES WORLD'S FIRST BRAND VISIBLE FROM SPACE AS COLONEL SANDERS TAKES ONE SMALL STEP FOR HUMANKIND BUT ONE GIANT LEAP FOR FRIED CHICKEN.

Something about that makes me die laughing. I guess it's how it's phrased. XD

Anyway, that's pretty cool in a way I guess.

Hmmmm, I wonder who they are aiming that to, maybe the wont alians to visit KFC... *crikets*

my poor sence of humor.

Your poor use of grammar more like it.

wow that's.... a waste of money... think of how many zelda games that coulda bought... damn

That's disgusting. The fact that we've already spread our junk throughout the solar system and polluted our enviroment is bad enough, but now the crap made by us human beings can actually be seen from space.

Now all the Universe can know who Earth's supreme deity truly is... the Stomach.

Well, leave it to us Americans to represent ourselves first to extraterrestial visitors. After all, we wan't them to get the point: we're white, fat, racist, and greasy.

I'm sure it's mainly just a publicity stunt, though.