Bright Idea.(pyramids illuminated)

The Cairo night was chased--for a moment--by the light of 6,500 flashbulbs on May 24, 1959. The illumination of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, part of a promotional event by the bulb manufacturer, Sylvania, was triggered with a series of synchronized circuits strung along 14 miles of wire. Preparations for the shot took more than a month; a team of 20 men made two ...

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