I wrote recently that you never know what to expect from the Eiffel Tower ….and it has surprised us again. The Tower is experiencing its 120’s birthday with a brilliant light show!! It started on 22 October and will last till 31 December and is co-sponsored by Citroen, the French car company.
They are relying on 400 LED spotlights and it lights up the side of the tower that faces the River Seine. The light show changes colors from brilliant to subdued, with movement up and down and side to side….in fact, in all kinds of directions. The shadows/colors on the ground are spectacular as well.
The show lasts 12 minutes, one minute for each ten years of the Tower’s age. The Tower company assures us that it is getting high performance with low energy, something that they have worked on since 2005. At that time they reduced their energy consumption by 30% which amounts to big euro savings for the city of Paris.
It is exciting to see and I’m including a sampling of pictures for you to enjoy. (Remember that you can click on the picture to enlarge it, and hit the back button to go back to normal size). Don has a video that he intends to put on the blog as well.
This is awsome! We look forward to seeing some of Paris again in early December.
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