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- Workers preparing floating pontoons to be used for Guinness World Record for the world’s largest firework display at Palm Jumeirah.
In yet another attempt at a Guinness World Record, Dubai will dazzle the
world with the largest fireworks display ever on New Year’s Eve.
Where will it happen?
Palm Jumeirah island and The World islands will be the centre of attractions
this New Year’s Eve as 400 locations in around the islands have been earmarked
to launch the spectacular display.
It will take just 60 seconds for 200 pyro-technicians in Dubai to break the
world record for the largest fireworks, currently held by Kuwait since 2012,
when to celebrate its 50th national day, it fired 77,282 shots of fireworks
spread across five kilometres, a spectacle that lasted for 64 minutes.
How long will it last?
Designed by US-based firm ‘Fireworks by Grucci’ - who also designed the
fireworks display for the launch of Atlantis in 2008 - Dubai’s spectacle will
only last for only six minutes, but it will contain 400,000 shots of fireworks
that will be synchronised with music.
What will the show be like?
The show will begin with a ‘Flying Falcon’ doing rounds of The World islands,
leading the countdown for the New Year spectacle.
The display will include never seen before elements like a 225 metre wide and
130 metre high UAE flag, conjured through fireworks and special effects that
will adorn the Dubai sky. The flag will be another world record attempt for the
largest pyrotechnic flag ever.
The event that will mark the culmination of a landmark year for Dubai, which
saw the city winning the hosting rights of World Expo 2020, will culminate with
the final salvo of fireworks that will conjure up a ‘Sunrise’ scene, lighting up
the skies for around 10 kilometres.
What is the scope of the show?
The spectacle will be spread across 100 kilometres. At least 450,000
explosive shells, connected to a network of more than 100 computers, will be
used to put up the show. In another regional record, seven 660 mm shells will be
used to fire the main rounds of fireworks, each shot spreading over 700 metres
wide.
How will the record be measured?
The Guinness World Record officials will be on the field to measure the scale
of the event during the show. Though, the current record will be broken in 60
seconds, the show will last for six minutes as Guinness Records criteria
requires the show to last for a minimum of five minutes to qualify for the world
record.
The officials will also calculate the number of shots fired, range of the
shots and the total distance the entire display covers.
What went into planning?
Around nine months of planning has gone into the design and preparations of
the show, with some of the fireworks specially designed for the show and shipped
from the US. Technicians have been working on the field for the last three
weeks, with 450,000 shells prepared and mounted on more than 60 heavy
trailers.
The shells will be placed at 400 locations in Palm Jumeirah islands and The
World islands both on land on water, using floating platoons.
Technicians are currently giving final touches to the explosive-laden shells,
before they are transported to different locations on the Palm Island as well as
The World islands.
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