The giant pink rabbit that can be seen from space

A giant pink rabbit has been created in the Alps that can be seen from space.

Visitors are encouraged by those who made it to climb all over the 200ft toy sculpture and even sleep on it.

But the Austrian art collective who created the bunny were amazed to find that it is so large the rabbit can be seen from space via the Google Earth programme.

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The giant pink bunny that can be seen from space, thanks to satellite images from Google Earth

The pale-pink bunny which lies flat on its back in the Italian Alps took more than five years to build and is set to stay there until 2025.

It is made of soft, waterproof, materials and stuffed with straw to make it comfortable to rest on.

It was placed in a rural spot called Artesina in near Cuneo and attracts many visitors each year.

Wolfgang Gantner of the Vienna-based art group, Gelitin, said: 'It's supposed to make you feel small, like Gulliver. You walk around it and you can't help but smile.

'We like to see hikers climb up the bunny's 20ft sides and relax on his belly.'

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I spy...The 200ft bunny as seen from space via Google Earth

The group have posted the rabbit's location on its Gelitin website along with a poetic description of the creation.

It reads: 'Behind a hill, as if knitted by giant grandmothers, lies this vast rabbit, to make you feel as small as a daisy.

'Happy you feel as you climb up along its ears, almost falling into its cavernous mouth, to the belly-summit and look out over the pink woollen landscape of the rabbit's body, a country dropped from the sky; ears and limbs sneaking into the distance; from its side flowing heart, liver and intestines.'

The rabbit was moved to the 5,000ft-high Fava region in 2005.

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We made this: The Vienna-based artists who created the rabbit