baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 A beautiful idea to light it at the same time! Just imagine if they did it with all still-existing Olympic cauldrons around the world! I will light my kitchen stove and stogie (that's a cigar) at precisely the same moment to be in spirit with Sydney & London. The energy will flow thru my home in the San Francisco Bay Area!! Link to post Share on other sites
pjpauly2k 13 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Just been watching the BBC news, maybe clutching at straws now lol, but anyone know what this is behind the presenters head to the left? It was there the whole time, even when the camera moved so it isnt a reflection I dont think. It looks like a ferris wheel or something. Link to post Share on other sites
Alec E 1 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Can you at least confirm that it's a beautiful piece of work? Link to post Share on other sites
templeryan 1 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Just been watching the BBC news, maybe clutching at straws now lol, but anyone know what this is behind the presenters head to the left? It was there the whole time, even when the camera moved so it isnt a reflection I dont think. It looks like a ferris wheel or something. I noticed this too and was confused. It wasn't a reflection, it didn't move when the camera did and was visible from multiple angles. I'm pretty sure it's not the rings, as they were horizontal. This looks to be a blue circle, vertical on the roof of the stadium. During the news actually, you could still see the lights flashing inside... they're still practicing! Link to post Share on other sites
pjpauly2k 13 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Yeah, I wasnt sure if they were practicing or just making the stadium look nice, ha. Link to post Share on other sites
thepianoman 5 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 I saw this too- but on my TV it looked like it could have been a still image/placeholder being shown on the video screens on the roof? Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Still another circle on the roof?? It's either that guy just had a blue rinse job or an apparition. I mean, what's a blue circle. ANd one of our on-site informants has already confirmed that's it's visible from within the scope of the stadium. Can't be that. Link to post Share on other sites
NY20?? 98 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 I couldn't hold my nerve and had to come back in here. So it looks like it is indeed inside the stadium somewhere and will stay there? Well, I'll be honest and say it's hard for me to imagine a truly spectacular lighting for a cauldron that'll remain inside or even a cauldron design that somehow aesthetically makes sense inside the stadium. Seoul's was simple and classically shaped so it worked. Heatherwick's will probably be very sculptural and conceptual... Will that look good right in the middle of an 'athletics' environment? Regardless, this is still very intriguing. Less than 24 hours now! Link to post Share on other sites
Olympian2004 511 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Does that blue circle actually belong to the stadium? To me it looks as if it's behind the stadium, it could belong to a building in the distance. Link to post Share on other sites
Cody1985 17 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Hi Guys , I'm new here but i followed the hole discussion of the cauldron location. A few Moments ago I found this picture which I never saw before ... http://oi45.tinypic.com/2qx1b29.jpg Do we have our cauldron location or is it fake (left side) ? Hard so say for me ... But there is a Ramp near the glowing thing , I am confused Link to post Share on other sites
daveb81 10 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Just been watching the BBC news, maybe clutching at straws now lol, but anyone know what this is behind the presenters head to the left? It was there the whole time, even when the camera moved so it isnt a reflection I dont think. It looks like a ferris wheel or something. i think this is the ferris wheel in Victoria Park which sits behind the stadium....they have a load of stuff there!! Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) Hi Guys , I'm new here but i followed the hole discussion of the cauldron location. A few Moments ago I found this picture which I never saw before ... http://oi45.tinypic.com/2qx1b29.jpg Do we have our cauldron location or is it fake (left side) ? Hard so say for me ... But there is a Ramp near the glowing thing , I am confused Welcome, Cody. Ramp? Glowing thing? Where? What part of the foto? i think this is the ferris wheel in Victoria Park which sits behind the stadium....they have a load of stuff there!! That's what I thot -- belonging to something else. Edited July 26, 2012 by baron-pierreIV Link to post Share on other sites
thepianoman 5 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Hi Guys , I'm new here but i followed the hole discussion of the cauldron location. A few Moments ago I found this picture which I never saw before ... http://oi45.tinypic.com/2qx1b29.jpg Do we have our cauldron location or is it fake (left side) ? Hard so say for me ... But there is a Ramp near the glowing thing , I am confused I think I see where you mean Cody- the underside of the Orbit observation deck? Link to post Share on other sites
pjpauly2k 13 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 i think this is the ferris wheel in Victoria Park which sits behind the stadium....they have a load of stuff there!! Ah ok daveb81, thanks for that, I thought it looked something like that but you never know. OK I give up! im finally admitting defeat like lots of others here. Its probably in the stadium. lol. Just have to wait till almost this time tomorrow to find out then! Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 I think I see where you mean Cody- the underside of the Orbit observation deck? I saw that too. But it's too enclosed. It should be higher. But that could be the outside cauldron. It really didn't make sense to put up another tower just several meters away from that thing. Or maybe the Orbit is having their OWN cauldron -- regardless of what's going on inside the stadium. Link to post Share on other sites
Cody1985 17 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 here is another picture , i marked the glowing thing and the platform/ramp i never saw a ramp/platform there before ... it coud be the final position for the cualdron , after it's lightning in the stadium because somewhere the cauldron must be seen by the public , right ? and there is no other building where it can be lift up ... BUT it's all speculations Sorry for my bad english Link to post Share on other sites
cormiermax 89 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Well that looks pretty cauldron like I must say. Link to post Share on other sites
thepianoman 5 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 That's a very good find Cody- it's difficult to tell from that photo. But a few of us have said all along that the Orbit would be a great spot for the cauldron- so perhaps this is where it will be! Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) Looks like a strong possibility. Another tower never made sense to me. Edited July 26, 2012 by baron-pierreIV Link to post Share on other sites
Olympian2004 511 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 The platform seems to be new indeed (unless it's an optical illusion), but the Orbit had that red glow below its spectator platform already much earlier, when the stadium's wrap wasn't up yet: And folks, did you really believe they will install a flame right below the spectators' feet? By the way: What happened to Lakshmi Mittal's statement that the Orbit won't be the cauldron? I thought that this would put all that speculation about the Orbit to its final rest. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
thepianoman 5 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 And folks, did you really believe they will install a flame right below the spectators' feet? Personally I was thinking more along the lines that if the cauldron was in fact there, it could be hidden under the observation deck then slide out onto the platform which has been added. Link to post Share on other sites
PyroKinesis 61 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 It will be fun to watch the final torchbearer zipline into the stadium from the Orbit. Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) The Orbit all but killed any chances for another cauldron tower because the whole concept would have been redundant. But you can't do a great ceremony if you immediately 'honor' the Orbit placement for July 27. It would have to be after. (But there will be the "inside" one on the stadium floor.) Edited July 26, 2012 by baron-pierreIV Link to post Share on other sites
JimmyJoe 1 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 The platform seems to be new indeed (unless it's an optical illusion), but the Orbit had that red glow below its spectator platform already much earlier, when the stadium's wrap wasn't up yet: And folks, did you really believe they will install a flame right below the spectators' feet? By the way: What happened to Lakshmi Mittal's statement that the Orbit won't be the cauldron? I thought that this would put all that speculation about the Orbit to its final rest. They have said The Orbit WASN'T the cauldron, we know that is designed by Heatherwick, but nobody has ever confirmed that Heatherwick's design wouldn't be places ON Orbit. I think it's fair to say this is a modern day miracle keeping it secret so long! Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) Maybe putting the cauldron (whichever one it will be, the official one or a non-Heatherwick one) there is meant to block people on the orbit's deck from looking into events inside Oly Stadium?? After all, they would be getting a peek into events going on there?? So maybe a trade-off was worked out, Orbit would get the honor to 'host' a cauldron, but it will block free-loaders' view of the stadium inside?? Edited July 26, 2012 by baron-pierreIV Link to post Share on other sites
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