5-4-3-2-1- HAPPY NEW YEAR it is the new year and the ball has dropped. we are now in 2009. what is the ball made of i heard it was significant this year but i don't know why. well it isa made of glass, the lights are LEDs and these light up at exactly 11:59:00. the lights are mad e colorful thanks to the water ford crystals the lights look colored. really they are 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDS. first they take one layer and cover the wires. one color at a time. green then blue then red then yellow, all the colors are incorporated into the ball. the ball then is dropped doen a metal pole slowly, at, at least 1 mile per hour until it gets to the bottom activating the shutters that have connfeti and the clock strikes 12:00.
http://www.timessquarenyc.org/nye/nye_ball.html
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