The Olympic cauldron at Paris 2024, a ring of fire on a hot air balloon, does not use fire but is "a meticulous combination of a cloud of mist and beams of light" powered by electricity, according ...

The Olympic Cauldron Is Nearly 100 Feet Tall But Isn't Actually on Fire — Here's How the 'Flames' Are Produced Rather than utilizing gas, the flaming effect is created with 40 LED lights and ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the games head to our latest updates. Before this year, the Olympic cauldron always sat on the ground as real fire ...

Two torches may have lit it to open the Paris Games, but that’s not a fire in the cauldron. By Andrew Keh Andrew Keh went to see the Olympic flame for himself. The Olympic flame isn’t a flame ...

To witness the cauldron of light in the City of Light, 10,000 people per day were able to book spots to get up close before its daily flight, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time.

The cauldron is 30 meters (98 feet) high with a 7-meter-diameter (22 feet) ring of fire. It will fly 60 meters (196 feet) above the ground from sunset until 2 a.m. "Fly" isn't quite right, as it ...

The Olympic cauldron at Paris 2024, a ring of fire on a hot air balloon, does not use fire but is "a meticulous combination of a cloud of mist and beams of light" powered by electricity, according ...