Sandy art, kids' futures

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Jun 15, 2012 12:22 AMNov 20, 2019 1:29 AM

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The company that makes OMO washing machine detergent wanted to have a fun ad showing how it's OK for kids to get dirty. They commissioned JOOheng Tan, an award-winning sand sculptor, to make three huge backdrops for the ad campaign, showing the imagination of kids at play. Why am I writing about this? Because the backdrops they chose for the ad show kids being an astronaut, an archaeologist, and a physicist:

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