The Eiffel Tower Lights, Captured on an iPhone 4
July 16, 2010 at 2:24 pm Ryan Jones 2 comments
Quite a few of the passengers on this trip have iPhones, so I’ve enjoyed comparing notes with them about apps and about the complexities of using them when outside of the United States. (More on that another time.) But my favorite fellow traveler in that regard is Dan Madio, who has the new iPhone 4.
When we ate at the Eiffel Tower the other night (man, is that ever fun to say!), we got a chance to see the 10 p.m. light show. And Dan captured about 17 seconds of it on his new iPhone, which shoots HD video.
We think the video would be even crisper if not for the fact that he had to e-mail it to my iPhone and then I had to forward it to senior editor Ryan Jones, who is back at the office this week (sorry about your luck, Ryan—I sure am having a blast in Europe!). Ryan took care of getting it uploaded for us.
By the way, the cheering in the background is from soccer fans. The night we were at the Eiffel Tower was the night that Spain beat the Netherlands in the World Cup, and across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower was a big park—Trocadéro—where thousands of people were watching it on the big screen outdoors, in front of the Palais de Chaillot. Spain had just won the game when Dan shot the video.
Tina Hay, editor
Entry filed under: The Penn Stater magazine, Penn State alumni, Alumni Association. Tags: Eiffel Tower, Paris, Eiffel Tower light show, iPhone 4, Trocadero.
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1. Anonymous | July 21, 2010 at 7:39 am
I enjoyed this video of Eiffel Tower at night. It was a great trip.
Dorean
Met and made so many new friends.
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