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A police boat is seen on the Thames river below an inflatable pink pig, which was made famous on the sleeve of the 1976 Pink Floyd album 'Animals', and flies once again over Battersea Power Station in south west London today, 35 years later, to announce the launch of the reissue and collector's edition of "Why Pink Floyd....?"

LONDON (AP) -- It's a bird, it's a plane - no, it's a pig, floating above London.

The 30 foot by 15 foot (9 meter by 4.5 meter) inflatable porker soared Monday over the derelict Battersea Power station - an image famous from the cover of Pink Floyd's 1977 album "Animals." (Photo below)

The scene was recreated to mark the release of remastered versions of Pink Floyd's 14 studio albums.

Organizers had hoped to use the original vinyl pig, which has been in storage for 35 years. But it was found to be leaky, and a replica was created instead.

There was no replay of the moment during the 1976 photo shoot when the original pig broke free of its moorings and floated into the flight path for Heathrow Airport. It was later found in a farmer's field.

Pink Floyd, Animals, 1976.

Yes, I'm back from my pilgrimage to the cathedral of code, a jagged mental space like pointed crystals, an untextured place where sudden death follows a misplaced apostrophe. I might once have said I'd code when pigs fly.