The last time we checked in with [Studio Roosegaarde](https://www.studioroosegaarde.net/projects/#rainbow-station), they were designing [glow-in-the-dark highways](https://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/roads-of-the-future-glow-in-the-dark), and [bike paths inspired by Van Gogh's "Starry Night."](http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/van-goghs-the-starry-night-inspired-this-glowing-bicycle-path) Now, to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Amsterdam Central Station, which 250,000 people trek through daily, and to commemorate the [UNESCO International Year of Light 2015,](http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/science-technology/basic-sciences/physics/the-international-year-of-light-and-light-based-technologies-2015/) they've created a giant rainbow of light for the railway station's east side. Known as _Rainbow Station_, the installation will be visible an hour after sunset every evening through December 2015.

Roosegaarde collaborated with astronomers at the University of Leiden to harness the same liquid crystal technology used for research on exoplanets. Together, they developed a lens projector that could "unravel light into a spectrum of colours." In the coming year, approximately 50 million travelers will glimpse the near 150' x 80' rainbow over Platform 2b.

Below, check out more photos of _Rainbow Station:_

www.studioroosegaarde.net - Rainbow Station by artist Daan Roosegaarde connects the historic Amsterdam Central Station by using astronomy science to create a site specific rainbow of light.

Together with astronomers of the University of Leiden, Roosegaarde unravels light efficiently into a spectrum of colours. Via new liquid crystal technology which is developed for research on exoplanets, Rainbow Station takes the exact shape of the 125 year old historic station roof. 

The artwork marks the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the railway station, and the start of the UNESCO International Year of Light 2015.

Rainbow Station can be seen every day for a brief moment within one hour after sunset at Amsterdam Centraal Station (east side, platform 2b). The light and colour offers the fifty million travellers a year, a magical moment at night.

RAINBOW STATION by Daan Roosegaarde in Amsterdam [OFFICIAL MOVIE]

[Rainbow Station by Daan Roosegaarde](http://vimeo.com/114236471) from [Studio Roosegaarde](http://vimeo.com/studioroosegaarde) on [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/).

_[Van Gogh's 'The Starry Night' is the Inspiration for This Glowing Bicycle Path](http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/van-goghs-the-starry-night-inspired-this-glowing-bicycle-path)_

_[Roads Of The Future Are Here... And They Glow In The Dark](http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/roads-of-the-future-glow-in-the-dark)_

_[New Project Cleans The Smog Out Of China And Turns It Into Jewelry](http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/ion-technology-aka-techno-poetry-cleans-the-smog-out-of-china)_

_[Interactive Public Sculptures Respond To Human Touch And Provide A Digital Playground For Residents](http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/en_uk/blog/interactive-public-sculptures-respond-to-human-touch-and-provide-a-digital-playground-for-residents)_

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