One Londoner is building an epic sand tribute to David Bowie

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Sam Haysom
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LONDON -- In the days following David Bowie's death, fans have been paying tribute to the iconic musician in a variety of ways.

People have been sharing his awesomely cool 1970s mugshot and the cheerful letter he wrote to a U.S. fan. A GIF showing his different styles in a matter of seconds has been going around Twitter. Londoners have been placing flowers at a Bowie mural in Brixton and a Scottish organist's moving tribute has been going viral on Facebook.

And now, we have a Bowie sand sculpture.

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Terry Smith shared the image on Facebook of a man working on a sculpture of Bowie's face on Tuesday. The picture was taken at London's Southbank, on the shore of the River Thames.

In his caption, Smith wrote: "There's a Sandman waiting in the Sky..."

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