“Dubai, a city already known for its extravagance, upped the ante” on urban New Year’s Eve displays with a spectacular LED light show on the face of the world’s tallest tower.
The light display wrapping around the Burj Khalifa skyscraper racked up a Guinness World Record title for ‘Largest LED-Illuminated Façade.’
Beyond the 70,000 LED bulbs, they fired up 4.7 tons of fireworks, with 25,000 shots lighting up the sky around the tower.
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Hat tip to NPR