“Ten months in planning, over 500,000 fireworks were used during the
display which lasted around six minutes, with Guinness World Records
adjudicators on hand to confirm that a new record had been set,” the
Guinness website said.
The display spanned 94 kilometres (58.4 miles) of the Dubai coast,
which boasts an archipelago of man-made islands and Burj Khalifa, the
world’s tallest tower, Guinness said.
Enough fireworks were launched in the first minute of the display to
break the previous record, set by Kuwait in 2011 with an hour-long show
of 77,282 fireworks.
The main displays took place at Burj Khalifa and the luxurious Atlantis
hotel located in Palm Jumeirah, one of three palm-shaped islands.
US firm Fireworks by Grucci designed the display, Guinness said, using
100 computers and 200 technicians to synchronise the pyrotechnics at a
reported cost of around $6 million (4.3 million euros).
Dubai boasts the world’s tallest tower, its largest man-made island and one of the world’s busiest airports.
It set its latest record in May last year with Dubai, Princess Tower,
recorded by Guinness as the world’s tallest residential building.
Dubai has been vying to become a permanent fixture on the world map of
New Year celebrations, staging spectacular shows since the opening of
the 828-metre (2,716-foot) Burj Khalifa tower in 2010. AFP
Fireworks
explode from the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower, in Dubai on
January 1, 2014 to celebrate the new year. Dubai kicked off New Year
with a dazzling bid for a new world record to cap those the Gulf city
state already holds for its mammoth property developments. The
glittering fireworks display that lasted around six minutes spanned over
100 kilometres (60 miles) of the Dubai coast, which boasts an
archipelago of man-made islands and Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest
tower. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER
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