Gallery: A Beautiful Glowing Bike Lane Modeled After Van Gogh's Starry Night

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    Daan Roosegaarde created a glowing bike path in the Netherlands based off of Vincent van Gogh's *Starry Night*
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    The path is made from thousands of glowing bits that were scattered in a *Starry Night* pattern.
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    The bike path uses the same material Roosegaarde used in his glowing Smart Highway in the Netherlands.
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    The rocks are embedded into wet concrete then polished.
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    An aerial view of the path.
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    Roosegaarde has plans to bring the glowing bike path to Japan and possible the United Kingdon
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