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France’s hugely popular annual Bordeaux wine festival took a futuristic turn this year when fireworks were replaced by a drone show. The sky over the Garonne River in Bordeaux was lit up by more than 400 drones on Friday and Saturday.
The 20-minute program attracted spectators as the drones created formations such as pouring wine into glasses, planting vines, and so on. The show concluded by rearranging the drones to say “Bordeaux celebrates wine” in giant letters in the sky.
This year, the organizers chose a drone display over fireworks in an effort to take a more environmentally friendly approach to the festivities. The drones are manufactured and operated by the French company Dronisos. Interestingly, the company derived its name from Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine.
Location: France, Bordeaux. Drones used in wine festival festivities added color to the night. pic.twitter.com/9IKHNmokMG
– Nature and Science (BiIimVeDoga) June 25, 2023
A video of the drone show goes viral on social media. Commenting on the video, one Twitter user wrote: “I’d rather see something like this than see loud, obnoxious fireworks. Very creative drone action!”. Another person said, “What’s more impressive than fireworks?”
In January 2022, the sky over Delhi’s Rashtrapati Bhavan lit up with vibrant formations of drones. Celebrate the 75th Republic Day of India. According to ANI, the formations were made using 1,000 drones made in India. According to the Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defense Studies and Analytics website, the drone display was designed and produced by startup Botlab Dynamics and sponsored by the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and its Department of Science and Technology as part of their ‘Make in India’ initiative.
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