The creator of the project is a British artist named Paul St. George, who refers to his telescope as a ‘Telectroscope’, referring to the electronic aspects of the piece. The thing even has a blog, on which web followers can track Mr. St. George’s movements underground (via Google Maps and beneath the ocean, in fact) as he builds his epic observational machine. The myth is taking on storybook-like aesthetics.

Whatever you call it or however you describe it, I think this ‘telectroscope’ is very, very cool. It’s kind of a magical artifact, really, and I regret that I wont be in either New York or London to go check it out.