Sky Lanterns from Wish Lantern UK - HD High Definition TV Advert

[rob39902]

anyone know who directed this spot 

[xxGabrielx36]

loved the experience. Watching the burning lanterns drift into the sky was beyond beautiful

[james58390]

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency says coastguards and lifeboats are sent out needlessly. In 2010 the agency recorded 1,500 flare incidents, of which 500 were believed to be false alarms caused by lanterns, while the CAA says they also pose danger to landing aircraft.

[tf2whackyengineer]

@james58390 It's sad that such beauty has to be at risk because people mistake these for flares and misuse them as well. It may be that not every country can fully enjoy something as grand and magnificent as this.

Such a beautiful and wonderful display sadly may have to be confined to countries where people are smart enough to know what is going on and to handle it. It's disheartening that people foolishly misinterpret things and want to blame others for their own ignorance.

[tf2whackyengineer]

@tf2whackyengineer There was an incident in Boston a while back where some advertising was done with LED lights. There was nothing dangerous, and the character represented in lights was a famous cartoon character but police wasted a bunch of money and wanted to charge someone because of their own ignorance of the characters. They could have asked. They were worried about bombs.

Besides, only in movies would a bomb have silly lights, but people base their perception of reality on fiction.

[tf2whackyengineer]

@james58390 Fortunately, at least on the front of these lanterns, it's not like dropping rubbish a lot of the time. Many are made of rice paper and bamboo. For anyone who has ever had rice paper candy, it dissolves in water, and bamboo biodegrades. The next time it rains, about all that will be left of these may be bamboo sticks that stay amongst the other sticks that naturally fall on the ground and will biodegrade over time.

View somelantern festival vids. It's so beautiful in large numbers

[james58390]

Crops are also at risk; last summer in Oxfordshire, a blaze from a lantern destroyed 2.5 hectares of barley. Litter is also a problem, said the NFU: "The people releasing lanterns wouldn't dream of dumping rubbish, but that's what is happening."

[james58390]

Civil Aviation Authority wants a ban on the sale of the sky lanterns, which are paper and wire hot air balloons fuelled by a naked flame. "People have no control where they land," said Nick von Westenholz, government affairs adviser for the NFU. Dorset and Somerset fire service said it had seen a sharp increase in lantern fires in the past year. Farmers say cows suffer stomach damage from eating the wire of fallen lanterns.

[custardherpes]

What is the name of the song inthe background? Anyone help? thanks.

[MrAcer911]

@custardherpes

Sigur Ros - Fljotavik

[SunSetFIRENiNja13]

such a lovely advert!! = ) and a beautiful song too!! nearlly made me cry x