At Commonwealth Games, the World's Largest Aerostat

GillBates0 writes "Last weekend saw the world's largest aerostat of its kind featured at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The helium balloon or aerostat measures 40x80x12 meters, contains 20,000 cubic meters of helium and features lights, mirrors, cameras, a 360 degree projection screen, projectors and a reflective underbelly. During the show, it was raised 25 meters off the ground and transformed into a giant Bodhi Tree and a meditating Buddha, with giant puppets to complement the cultural performances beneath. These slideshows tell the story."

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Anonymous Coward

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkSWE9UZjdE

here's the video

Re:Let me guess:

[Chrisq]

Try telling that to the Sikhs. The murdering mozzies killed thousands

Re:Let me guess:

[tanveer1979]

The later Moghul rulers were the murderous ones.
Akbar was among the first, and is generally considered as a very good monarch.
The last one (Aurgangzeb) was pretty murderous, and also imposed taxes on non muslims to get them to convert.

Re:Let me guess:

[stiggle]

Not all members of the Commonwealth were British colonies.
A number of other countries have applied to join anyway as they see a regional benefit to being a member.

Mozambique - used to be a Portugese colony. Now a member of the Commonwealth (since 1995)
Rwanda - used to be a Belgian & German colony. A member since 2009.

Algeria & Madagascar have also both applied to join having no prior links to the British overseas

Re:Helium

[Sockatume]

The US accounts for 80% of the current supply. If they're running out, the rest of the world has a problem.