Last night’s waxing crescent moon setting behind the Rainbow Swash. Photographed alongside Whitney Shaw from Deer Island, 5.4 miles away (definitely took a bit to find the tank from that far away). Corita Kent, a former nun, social justice advocate artist designed the artwork for the gas tank in 1971, which was commissioned by the Boston Gas Company president. Video description: The crescent moon sets behind a large white gas tank with giant swathes of color (red, green, orange, yellow, and blue

33K views · 1.3K reactions | Boston’s Rainbow Swash, painted in 1971 by Corita Kent (a former Catholic nun turned pop artist), is the largest copyrighted artwork in the world ©️ Crews suspended by ropes scaled the 140-foot Dorchester gas tank to paint it, and the design was recreated in 1992 after the original tank was torn down ⛽️ : @jammerlid | The Boston Calendar | Facebook