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AP – Authorities on Sunday finished collecting terribly burned remains from the crash site of a firefighting helicopter in the Northern California wilderness.
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Written by on Sunday, August 10th, 2008 in Latest News.
AP – Jason Lezak outtouched Alain Bernard of France at the wall Monday to give the United States a victory in the 400-meter freestyle relay and keep alive Michael Phelps’ bid for eight Olympic gold medals.
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Written by on Sunday, August 10th, 2008 in Latest News.
As the ceremony got under way with a dramatic, drummed countdown, viewers watching at home and on giant screens inside the Bird’s Nest National Stadium watched as a series of giant footprints outlined in fireworks processed gloriously above the city from Tiananmen Square.
What they did not realise was that what they were watching was in fact computer graphics, meticulously made over a period of months and inserted into the coverage electronically at exactly the right moment.
The fireworks were there for real, outside the stadium. But those responsible for filming the extravaganza chose in advance it would be impossible to capture all 29 footprints from the air.
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