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Published online 19 July 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030714-17
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Hi-tech halo to mark Central Park's birthday
Pyrotechnic pixels position huge ring of fireworks.
The pyrotechnic highlight of most birthdays is a ring of candles. But in honour of Monday's 150th anniversary of New York's Central Park, more than 1,000 microchip-controlled fireworks will explode together into a spectacular halo of light - on September 15.
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