Elia (sculpture)

Elia is a sculpture in Herning, Denmark, created by Ingvar Cronhammar. The sculpture is a big round dome with four tall columns that are 32 meters (105 ft) high. The dome has a diameter of 60 meters (200 ft). Inside the sculpture, there is a large tube that shoots flames randomly into the air. The flames can go up to 8 meters (26 ft) high and last for about 25 seconds. These bursts of flames happen randomly, usually every two months. However, they will not happen if the weather is too windy or if people are too close to the sculpture. The sculpture opened in September 2001. It costed 23 million Danish krone.^[1]

1. ↑ Lund Lysgaard, Alexandra (2016-10-30). "Cronhammar om dødsulykke på Elia: Jeg begyndte at tude". TV MIDTVEST (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-06-12.