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Sandy Sunsets
Artwork and Image: Carly Glovinski
Mini sunsets in a jar
Since March 2020, artist Carly Glovinski has carefully captured the sunset. She reuses jars—mainly those from food products—and carefully layers in colorful sand to re-create how the sky looks. Since she started her project, she’s made hundreds of unique sunsets.
Each jar is inspired by a real sunset Glovinski saw in a field near her studio in Dover, New Hampshire. The project helped her mark the passage of time during the Covid-19 lockdowns. Each sunset is a moment preserved that represents a calmer place and time.
What volume of sand fits in a jar 3 inches high with a radius of 1.75 inches? Use 3.14 for pi and round your answer to the nearest hundredth. (Hint: volume of a cylinder = π × r2 × h) Record your work and answer on our Numbers in the News answer sheet.