Second Life Gets Own Lennon-Ono Peace Tower

Yoko Ono, wife of slain Beatle John Lennon, will be in Reykjavik this week for the lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower. A simultaneous virtual world lighting will also take place, in Second Life. Says the Peace Light's official blog: "On Friday 9th October 2009, Yoko Ono will be in Iceland (in the real world) for the annual lighting of Imagine Peace Tower. Later the same evening, at 10.30pm (Reykjavik time), Yoko will unveil a new Imagine Peace Tower in Second Life, an online virtual world. You are invited to join us on Imagine Peace Tower Island in Second Life for this event." The island's visitor center in shown in the image above. October 9 marks the birthday of Lennon, who would have been 69 had he still been alive.