'LED fireflies' light up Tokyo river

'LED fireflies' light up Tokyo river

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Sumida River in Tokyo's Taito Ward with its surface lit up in blue by 100,000 bulbs containing light-emitting diodes, mimicking fireflies, during an event called ''Tokyo Firefly'' on May 6, 2012. Participants bought bulbs measuring 8.5 centimeters in diameter, each containing an LED charged with solar power, and threw them into the river. The bulbs were collected by the organizers using a net downstream.

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