2014 Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Will Dazzle with 32,000+ LED Lights

位置：美国

分类：广场

内容：实景照片

图片：7张

新年夜指日可待，纽约市将再次于时代广场用LED灯点亮倒计时水晶球来庆祝。下周二晚11:59分，所有的目光都会被沃特福德水晶球所吸引，它由672个LED模块组成（共计32256个飞利浦Luxeon Rebel LED灯）。由于采用了高效节能技术，水晶球将会在空中绽放出绚丽多彩的光芒。

这个举世闻名的球体直径为12英尺，重达11875磅，为实现其迷人效果，球体表面覆盖着2688个用以折射和反射光线的三角形水晶体。今年球体有了特殊变化，削弱了原有的复杂的楔形结构，从而创造出更加千变万化的效果。

晶体背面是LED模块。高效节能的飞利浦Luxeon Rebel LED灯各有12种红色、12种绿色、12种蓝色和12个白光，使得球体表面有8064种色彩组合。

使每个颜色8064在球的表面。在一起，发光二极管可以发出一个调色板的超过16000000种颜色和数以亿计的模式为成千上万聚集在时代广场观看第一手的人群。总之，这个LED灯景观装置可发出超过1600万种颜色和色彩模式为聚集在时代广场的人们带来视觉享受。

此次是第109个在纽约时代广场欢庆的新年，也是第六个采用高效节能LED技术的倒计时水晶球。

景观时间：2014年

图片来源： Lori Zimmer

译者： 饭团小组

New Year’s Eve is just around the corner, and NYC will once again be celebrating with a dazzling LED ball drop in Times Square. Come 11:59PM next Tuesday, all eyes will be on the Waterford Crystal-clad geodesic sphere, which boasts 672 LED modules (for a total of 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs) this year. Thanks to the energy-efficient lights, the famous orb will be able to shine in a myriad of glittering color combos.

The world-famous New Year’s ball is twelve feet in diameter and a whopping 11,875 pounds. To achieve its mesmerizing effect, the surface of the geodesic sphere is covered in 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles, which reflect and refract light. The crystals on this year’s ball are extra special, with intricate wedge cuts that create kaleidoscopic patterns.

Behind the crystals are the LED modules affixed to the ball’s frame. The energy-efficient Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs each have 12 red, 12 blue, 12 green and 12 white LEDS, making 8,064 of each color over the ball’s surface. Together, the LEDs can emit a palette of over 16 million colors and billions of patterns to for the crowd of thousands that gather in Times Square to watch it first hand.

This year marks the 109th New Year’s celebration in Times Square, and the sixth year the ball has been made with energy-efficient LED lights.

2014时代广场水晶球制作流程图

2014时代广场水晶球