The full Buck Moon or Thunder Moon passes behind the Empire State Building lit tonight in the flags of countries competing in the Tokyo Olympics as it rises in New York City, Friday evening #newyork # newyorkcity # nyc @ EmpireStateBldg # buckmoon # thundermoon @ agreatbigcity # moon pic.twitter.com/uIxMnIRosP
From almost 11 thousand kilometers away, New York joined the opening party of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 Friday night when lighting up with the flags of all 206 participating nations their iconographic Empire State tower, considered by some as “the most famous office building in the world.”
In addition, since is a full moon, is they generated images that were really difficult to repeat. After a year of delay marked by the global pandemic, the Olympics “of 2020 ”finally began yesterday, in 2020, in a simple ceremony in a stadium almost empty and surrounded by protests, while the Japanese capital remains in state emergency due to the highest numbers of coronavirus infections since the winter. A very different atmosphere, in all respects, to the first time Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics in 1200.
Although the 68, 000 squares of the new Olympic Stadium were mostly empty, the ceremony featured the presence of some personalities such as Emperor Naruhito , American First Lady Jill Biden and French President, Emmanuel Macron , the only G7 leader present in Tokyo, also representing the next Olympic venue, Paris 2024.
The games, including the new est Tokyo national goodbye, meant an investment of $ 11. 400 million dollars. “The figure, a record even for Olympic budgets – famously oversized – has risen by $ 3, 06 million dollars only in the last year ”, summarized a month ago The New York Times.
In addition to the money, throughout the organization and now the competitions, Japan’s legendary international reputation and its own safety have been at stake, but above all human resilience to the pandemic.
Some other colors on the Empire State Building of participating countries in the Tokyo Olympics, I think Canada, Japan and France as the full Buck Moon rises in New York City Friday evening # newyork # newyorkcity # nyc @ EmpireStateBldg # BuckMoon # thundermoon @ agreatbigcity # moon pic.twitter.com/czFcByr6tZ
– Gary Hershorn (@GaryHershorn) July 24, 2021
WATCH: Empire State Building Lights Up in Flags of Nations Participating in Tokyo Olympics https://t.co/Va 57 okGDAV
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