Berlin celebrates the fall of the wall with 8,000-balloon light installation

Fans of Berlin's famously innovative art scene received an especially unique treat this weekend to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The German capital installed 8,000 LED-illuminated balloons mounted along 10 miles of what once was the border that separated East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War

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Each 24-inch balloon, affixed to carbon fiber poles standing about 11 feet tall, will be released into the sky on Nov. 9 (the day in 1989 that the Berlin Wall was made obsolete, and began to be dismantled) Read more...

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