New York preps for a glittering new start as 192 crystals installed on Times Square New Year’s ballit-s-viralUpdated: Dec 28, 2020, 10:50 ISTWorkers installed 192 glittering Waterford crystal triangles on Times Square’s New Year’s Eve ball Sunday in preparation for a pandemic-limited celebration that will lack the usual tightly packed crowds of revelers. The ball is a 12-foot geodesic sphere covered with 2,688 crystal triangles of various sizes. This year’s addition features a new “Gift of Happiness” design represented by a sunburst of bright cuts radiating outward. A worker holds one of the 192 Waterford crystal triangles that will be placed on the Times Square New Year's Eve ball, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, in New York. ( AP )The ball blazing with 32,256 LED lights will be dropped at 11:59 p.m. on New Year’s Eve to ring in 2021.

Source: Hindustan Times December 28, 2020 05:15 UTC