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Old 06-03-2012, 09:43 AM   #1
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June 3, 2012: 100000 LED-lit globes on a Japanese river



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Two weeks ago, during the inaugural Tokyo Hotaru festival, 100,000 little balls with LEDs were released in the Sumida River. The impressive installation was made to resemble fireflies (hotaru) and looked like a blur on the river when viewed from a distance. The spheres were 100% powered by solar energy and lighted up upon contact with water. After floating through central Tokyo, the LED’s were caught by a large net.
from demilked.com

Click the link and see the other pics - photographers of course realized they could get different effects from different exposures, and it's all quite beautiful. Click on the images to see them in larger format - worth the effort.
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Old 06-03-2012, 10:56 AM   #2
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Beautiful!

The creativity of the photographers is amazing and it is great fun seeing their different takes on the same subject matter.
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Old 06-04-2012, 07:09 AM   #3
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They are a lot larger than I was expecting from the first couple pictures.

Pretty! I wish we did more stuff like that here.
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Old 06-04-2012, 07:45 AM   #4
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I want some of these balls! I need these balls! Where can I get balls?
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Old 06-04-2012, 09:20 AM   #5
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There's a joke here somewhere, about led balls.
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Old 06-04-2012, 09:48 AM   #6
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"...the LED’s were caught by a large net."

Yeah? And then what? Tossed back into the river? Buried in a landfill? Sold as souvenirs? Where are they now?
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Old 06-05-2012, 04:46 AM   #7
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Old 06-06-2012, 12:30 PM   #8
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Fairy Berries...
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Old 06-07-2012, 04:55 AM   #9
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It's all a hoax.

LED doesn't phloat.
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Old 06-07-2012, 09:18 AM   #10
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Old 06-07-2012, 10:05 PM   #11
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It's all a hoax.

LED doesn't phloat.
But what about on the moon?
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