Lights Over Poznan

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To celebrate the summer solstice, over 8,000 paper lanterns were released over the city of Poznan, Poland. Link -via reddit

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There are calls for them to be banned in the UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13934378

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You can make these out of a garment bag, with 2 crossed balsa wood sticks at the bottom and a couple of birthday candles. They can really go high when it's cold, and to avoid fire hazard, do it when there's snow on the ground.

The frat guys in college would do this regularly, and inspired a bunch of UFO reports in the surrounding area. One cop even said he saw a little man inside one of them. :)

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@ChrisfromFrance how dull are you?

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Farmers hate those things, they've often got wire reenforcement which cows and other animals seem to think is great fun to eat and then to cut themselves on.

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Tragically, a few hours after the video was made, Poznan had burned to the ground.

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