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

fire hazard?

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heh as Chris mentioned but the scene is so awesome, and set to a Vangelis soundtrack too!

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So pretty..

I always thought that having an evening wedding and releasing a bunch of little lanterns like these would so much more interesting than rice or bubbles. My husband does not agree. D:

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

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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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@ChrisfromFrance how dull are you?

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

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