Santa Monica ferris wheel goes LED
Saturdays are all about feel-good news, and isn't nice to get some good news every now and again? One of Santa Monica's most recognizable landmarks got a green face-lift this week. The Santa Monica Pier's famous ferris wheel, which has been featured in 71 commercials, 69 TV shows, and 28 films over the past 12 years -- including this year's Iron Man -- is going green with a new energy saving design.Pacific Park unveiled the new state-of-the-art wheel, equipped with an eco-friendly LED lighting display on Thursday night. The new energy-efficient wheel will not only suck less power from the park's solar panels, but the 160,000 LEDs have an effective lifespan of at least 10 years and can be programmed to display holiday symbols, like a Valentine's heart or the American flag. Now isn't that special?
The old wheel, which was the world's first entirely solar-powered ferris wheel was sold on Ebay for $132,400 -- half of the proceeds are helping to fund the Southern California Special Olympics.
[via Ecorazzi]
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