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Times Square, Manhattan, New York City

December 31, 2010

People all over the world cheered as New York's Times Square celebrated the coming of the New Year with its traditional and iconic ball drop, lowering a 6-ton 12-foot wide glitter ball with 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LED lights and 2,688 Waterford crystal triangles in the run-up to midnight.

The ball descended 70 feet in its annual 1 minute journey along with a countdown, coming to rest at the bottom of its pole at midnight.  As the ball's lights turned off, a sign with the 2-0-1-1 digits lighted up.  Human power from the Duracell Smart Power Lab, where New Yorkers and tourists jumped aboard a Power Rover and pedaled, helped illuminate the 2011 numerals.