High tech lighting and AC system protects Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel masterpiece

Thursday, October 30, 2014 - 08:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by the light of the sun coming through small windows, and now 450 years after his death, his masterpieces are being seen in a whole new light provided by 7,000 LEDs. The chapel is also getting a new ventilation system. Allen Pizzey reports.

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