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Jul 27, 2024 · Paris Olympics organizers said that from Saturday, July 27, the cauldron attached to a balloon will fly more than 60 meters above the Tuileries gardens from sunset until 2 am. The launch zone...
Jul 31, 2024 · PARIS (AP) — The night the Olympic and Paralympic cauldron first flew over Paris, its designer Mathieu Lehanneur held his breath: Nothing could go wrong. The balloon, lit by the Olympic torch and set off into the sky, was a risk.
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Jul 27, 2024 · The ring at the base of the balloon houses 40 LED lights which illuminate a cloud of water vapour produced by 200 high-pressure misting nozzles to give the flickering and smoke effect of real...
Jul 28, 2024 · It is here where Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier’s hot air balloon took off in front of 400,000 people in 1783. Throughout the Games, 10,000 visitors will be able to get up close and personal with the cauldron each day at the Jardin des Tuileries before it takes to the skies each nightfall.
Jul 27, 2024 · Paris Olympics organizers said that from Saturday, the cauldron attached to a balloon will fly more than 60 meters (197 feet) above the Tuileries gardens from sunset until 2 a.m. The launch zone site is near the glass pyramid entrance to the Louvre museum .
Jul 26, 2024 · The Paris Olympics cauldron is a ring of fire carried by a hot-air balloon. Instead of the usual ground-bound cauldron used at most Summer and Winter Games, the special edition for the Paris Olympics is intended as a tribute to the first ride taken in a hydrogen-filled gas balloon.
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Jul 27, 2024 · Created by French designer Mathieu Lehanneur, the Paris 2024 Cauldron is out of this world. This giant ring of fire topped by a monumental balloon took to the skies over Paris. For the first time in the history of the Games, the Olympic Flame will shine without fuel, thanks to EDF.
