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Description: CHARONnby Peter Hudsonnn6 months. 6 thousand man hours. A core team of 20, and an expanded team of over 80 volunteers working tirelessly to complete a 34 foot tall kinetic sculpture consisting of 20 animated skeletons. Built from steel, aluminum, and wood, and weighing in at over 7 tons.nnThis is Charon, a highly interactive 3D stroboscopic zoetrope. Created by Peter Hudson and his crew, and unveiled at the Burning Man festival in 2011. Charon is fully powered by people. The custom power train i