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07/27 07:07 CDT Olympic cauldron to rise into Paris skies each night
Olympic cauldron to rise into Paris skies each night
PARIS (AP) --- The Olympic cauldron that made a stunning first flight at the
Paris Games opening ceremony will sit on the ground during the day and rise
again every evening.
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 .
During daytime hours, 10,000 people each day can get free tickets to approach
the cauldron, which is the first in Olympic history to light up without the use
of fossil fuels.
Instead, it uses water and electric light.
Organizers said the electric flame uses 40 LED spotlights "to illuminate the
cloud created by 200 high-pressure misting nozzles."
The cauldron is a key showcase of organizers' ambition for a low-carbon
Olympics cutting emissions in half and "one of the main symbols of the games,"
Paris organizing chief Tony Estanguet said.
"We wanted the cauldron to use a new technology in order to not produce too
many emissions," Estanguet said Saturday. "We were ambitious and we wanted to
bring together something spectacular and environmental responsibility at the
same time."
The Summer Games cauldron in the Tuileries also will stay to be used for the
Paralympic Games that Paris will host from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8.
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