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When it comes to fireworks, I used to say "if you've seen one, you've seen them all".

  

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Via:  hal-a-lujah  •  9 years ago  •  4 comments

When it comes to fireworks, I used to say "if you've seen one, you've seen them all".

I am stumped as to how this thing works. It's pretty freaking amazing though.


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Hal A. Lujah
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link   seeder  Hal A. Lujah    9 years ago

I've never seen anything like this. What makes it stand and continue to glow?

 
 
 
JohnRussell
Professor Principal
link   JohnRussell    9 years ago

That is pretty cool.

An amazing firework display which launches a glowing ladder into the sky has been developed by a Chinese artist.

Cai Guo-Qiang designed the pyrotechnic to slowly build as it rises - adding rungs to an ever lengthening ladder.

The video appears to show the phenomenon steadily rising, slowly building to its crescendo.

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The amazing display took place in June

The piece is named Sky Ladder, and took place at Huiyu Island Harbour, Quanzhou, Fujian, on June 15th. It lasted around two and a half minutes.

This is how it works

The artist assembled a network of interconnecting cables and charges which, when threaded together, formed the main ladder structure.

This structure is then attached to an air balloon which is inflated and tied to the ground. It is then allowed to ascend to a specific height, allowing the structure to point directly into the sky.

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The air balloon is hidden just out of shot, above

Using gunpowder, the interconnecting cables are then set alight, allowing for the amazing effect captured on the video above.

However, lurking just out of frame high above is the inflated balloon and various other secure cabling.

View the full behind-the-scenes photo set here .

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
Professor Guide
link   seeder  Hal A. Lujah    9 years ago
Dang. I shoulda figured that out. It's still cool knowing that I got duped over a real effect that wasn't photoshopped.
 
 
 
Randy
Sophomore Quiet
link   Randy    9 years ago

It's still pretty damned amazing. I saw it on TV the other day and didn't know it had a balloon and cable either. They didn't say anything about it.

 
 

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