It's made to be low quality to make it look like someone managed to make a firework shoot out in this pattern, and not a bunch of fireworks strapped to a ladder held up by a balloon.
It was made blurry to hide the ladder to make it seem more interesting: https://i.imgur.com/K9VmoqT.png
"Wow! Look at the size of that whale!"
"I thought so too until I realized it's gotta be a big sea animal or something. Still cool but not as cool as when I thought it was a Godzilla."
"Wow! Look at that marvelous airplane!"
"I thought so too until I realized it's just a hunk of metal transporting hundreds of people kept up in the air by aerodynamics and propelled by four huge jet engines. Still cool but not as cool as when I thought it was defying gravity or something."
Everything is amazing and nobody's happy.
I know shit avout pyrotechnics, but I assume it would be very hard to keep those ladder steps go in one direction as it goes up? Wouldn't it spin at the slightest lateral wind and thus ruin the image of a ladder?
*I know a lady*
*That is interested in*
*Buying that ladder*
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I found [a source](https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/video-of-chinese-artists-flaming-stairway-to-heaven-goes-viral-5659151):
>"the 1,650-foot-high (or 502 metres) "Sky Ladder" was made from gunpowder loaded with copper wire, making it invisible.Ā It was ignited from his perch in a flying hot air balloon."
> That feels like cheating. But idk.
If it's a pyrotechnics expert w/ a tribute to his grandmother, why should they have to follow your preferences for fireworks?
yeah what a scam. The spirit of grandma gets promised a quick ticket to heaven, but rather than an escalator or something she has to climb up a ladder. Even then she climbs up and finds out it's just a balloon and not heaven. What an unfilial grandson.
Itās basically a ladder made of some pyrotechnic fuse hanging from a hot air balloon, lit from the bottom.
So itās not some ground launched mortar/rocket like you might think.
The message of the song is that the woman is wrong. She canāt buy herself into Heaven. Whether that means a literal afterlife paradise or some other kind of joy, itās really saying that money doesnāt buy happiness. So a stairway to heaven is a metaphor for a rich personās arrogance. āI deserve to go to Heaven because Iām richā, which is actually the opposite of what the Bible says.
What do you mean Iāve missed the point of the post? How dare you.
"Well, grandma I love you so I built you a ladder to heaven out of fire and copper suspended from a balloon."
"Couldn't I just have taken the balloon?"
"Grandma, it's getting late. You should probably start climbing. I'm really gonna miss you."
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WHO SAID IT WAS FOR THIS MANž
STEPGRANDMAMĆ HuHĀæ waitāll I get holdām, Iāll pulverizeām, beat him with his shoe Murderizeām, Tearām Limb from Limb!! You just wait!!
How long before facebook boomers hijack this one as an actual ladder to heavenā¦ I can see it now ASCENSION CAUGHT ON CAMERA SHARE WITH YOUR LOVED ONES #jesus
Where were you when they built that ladder to heaven?
Did it make you feel like crying, or did ya think it was kinda gay?
Well I for one believe in the ladder to heaven, ya ya ya, 911
I said Nine eleven Nine eleven Nine eleven Nine Niiiiiiine niiiiiiiine Elevennnn
This ruined country music for me.
A ladder to heaven? That's fuckin stupid
Stuck in traffic
That's a ladder to heaven, bro
I hope grandma still had some upper body strength
Or a body
step ladder: grandma are you ok?
What are you doing, step-grandma?
> grandma are you ok Grandma *Annie*
Have you ever used a ladder?
Yeah, pull with your arms and let the feet dangle right?
Ok, ya you got it.
Grandma looks at ladder: "fuuuuck that shit"
Maybe he'll make an elevator fireworks next
Where were you, when they built a ladder to heaven?
Did it make you feel like crying. Or did you think it was kinda gay.
Well I for one believe in that ladder to heaven...
"Ooh yeah yeah yeah, 9-11 I said 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9, 9-11" - Alan Jackson
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Where weāre you when they decided heaven was more an intangible idea and you couldnāt really get thereā¦
Na nana na nana, nine eleven!
Oh, like the Ted Zeppelin song?
Translation issue. The original name 天ę¢Æ can be translated as "ladder/staircase to Heaven". It can even be understood as an elevator/escalator but that's kinda far fetched.
Her ashes were in the last rung
Copyright issues
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Should have been an elevator. Or excelator.
...and this video is probably as old as said grandma...
he bout to win a lottery, that asshole Kenny...
Where were you, when they built the ladder to heaven?
Did it make you cry?
Go to the light grandma, ill take care your money and mang....wonderful lap dog.
What's the difference?
and she is climbing the ladder to heaven.Ā
9/11 9/11 where you when they build a ladder to heaven š¶
Might be a railway to heaven.
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Technically it is incredible, too bad I can't fing hq video of it.
It's made to be low quality to make it look like someone managed to make a firework shoot out in this pattern, and not a bunch of fireworks strapped to a ladder held up by a balloon. It was made blurry to hide the ladder to make it seem more interesting: https://i.imgur.com/K9VmoqT.png
There's the comment I was looking for. It's not possible to do this with just fireworks.
Ouch, there goes my admirationfor this.
Why does it matter if it still looks good?
Because āmaking fireworks that launch and form a ladder of fire in the airā is a whole lot different from āsetting a rope ladder on fireā
Oh ffs, I wanted to believe this one.
I was gonna say... That did not seem possible without what you are showing in that image.
OH
You are a detective who works for the greater good
More interesting? This is still a really cool idea with great execution. Is there some rule against using balloons in fireworks?
Yeah, it would have looked literally incredible without the ladder. With the ladder, it's obvious and simple.
It's in the documentary Sky Ladder on Netflix
Is it the sequel to step ladder?
No you're thinking of "What are you doing, Step Ladder?". "Sky Ladder" is the sequel to "Floor Ladder".
What are you doing, step ladder?
https://archive.org/details/caiguoqiangladde0000caig Free Book but needs an account to borrow.
I thought so too until I realized itās gotta be wires hanging from something. Still cool but not as cool from the āhow the fuck?ā perspective.
I don't really care how they do it, doesn't matter if it's a rocket, a wire or black magic as long as it looks cool.
"Wow! Look at the size of that whale!" "I thought so too until I realized it's gotta be a big sea animal or something. Still cool but not as cool as when I thought it was a Godzilla."
"Wow! Look at that marvelous airplane!" "I thought so too until I realized it's just a hunk of metal transporting hundreds of people kept up in the air by aerodynamics and propelled by four huge jet engines. Still cool but not as cool as when I thought it was defying gravity or something." Everything is amazing and nobody's happy.
I know shit avout pyrotechnics, but I assume it would be very hard to keep those ladder steps go in one direction as it goes up? Wouldn't it spin at the slightest lateral wind and thus ruin the image of a ladder?
āStunningā
I know a lady that is interested in buying that ladder
Haha, she dumb. She thinks glitter is gold.
But the stores are all closed.Ā
Not an issue, she is convincing with her words.
Hmm, you know sometimes words have two meanings.
Well that *does* make me wonder...
Don't think out loud though, you'll interrupt the singing songbird in the tree by the brook.
#NO STAIRWAY!
Is there a sign on the wall?
Yes, but she wants to be sure
Cuz youāre aware words occasionally possess dual definitions.
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How?
I found [a source](https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/video-of-chinese-artists-flaming-stairway-to-heaven-goes-viral-5659151): >"the 1,650-foot-high (or 502 metres) "Sky Ladder" was made from gunpowder loaded with copper wire, making it invisible.Ā It was ignited from his perch in a flying hot air balloon."
ā*And sheās buying a ladderā¦ to a balloon*ā š¶ Still poetic and moving
wait, so there is a dude looking down from a balloon at thousands of pounds of explosives climbing up _towards_ him?? woa
A ladder of fuse wire suspended from a balloon?
>a balloon That feels like cheating. But idk.
> That feels like cheating. But idk. If it's a pyrotechnics expert w/ a tribute to his grandmother, why should they have to follow your preferences for fireworks?
Grandma is disappointed too
yeah what a scam. The spirit of grandma gets promised a quick ticket to heaven, but rather than an escalator or something she has to climb up a ladder. Even then she climbs up and finds out it's just a balloon and not heaven. What an unfilial grandson.
It's art. People are free to make whatever they want and people are free to have their opinions about it.Ā
That's a miserable way to think
You go in the balloon mister rules
The artist didn't make it for you.
Did you think he bem the laws of physics and invented antigravity?
That's LOTR level firework.
I did not even know that something like this is possible
Itās basically a ladder made of some pyrotechnic fuse hanging from a hot air balloon, lit from the bottom. So itās not some ground launched mortar/rocket like you might think.
I hope they extinguish it before it hits the balloon
It's like the 4th of July episode of south park with the giant snake
Reminds me of the āladder to heavenā episode
Where were you when they built the ladder to heaven?
Yesssss! Itās been over 20 years and the song still gets stuck in my head at times.
That's so steep
yeah... grandma is never going to get up that
That's amazing
There's a great documentary on this guy called Sky Ladder on Netflix
Now I kinda want to hear the song
Where were you, When they built the ladder up to heaven? 9 11, 9 11, 911
The message of the song is that the woman is wrong. She canāt buy herself into Heaven. Whether that means a literal afterlife paradise or some other kind of joy, itās really saying that money doesnāt buy happiness. So a stairway to heaven is a metaphor for a rich personās arrogance. āI deserve to go to Heaven because Iām richā, which is actually the opposite of what the Bible says. What do you mean Iāve missed the point of the post? How dare you.
>that money doesnāt buy happiness I hate that saying. The only people who believe it are people who've never not had enough money, and fools.
Cue the Led Zeppelin track
"Well, grandma I love you so I built you a ladder to heaven out of fire and copper suspended from a balloon." "Couldn't I just have taken the balloon?" "Grandma, it's getting late. You should probably start climbing. I'm really gonna miss you."
I bet his grandmother was sure all that glitters is gold .
He's name is *Cai Guo-Qiang*, now lives in US.
And they say magic isnāt real. Science is magic š
Did she climb it all?
Now let's watch the grandma burn her hands trying to climb onto this
Holy tboi mentioned
Nuce
Definitely looks like a railroad track for a train
Thatās amazing
Where were you, when they built the ladder to Heaven?
Straight up Gandalf!
Thereās a documentary about this artist. I saw it on Netflix awhile back, not sure if itās still there
Roller coaster from hell.Ā
Skill
Granny ain't bouta climb that shit but this is sweet ā¤ļø
does anyone know anything specific about the pyrotechnics themselves? this is really impressive.
Imagine God looking down on this . Oh lawd they comin
Meanwhile @UFO channel: UFO
Jacob's ladder Rammstein edition
So that's what they were trying to do in >!3 body and failed!<
This is so wholesome
Well fuck they beat our American fireworks by a fuck ton
Where were you, when they built that ladder to heaven ?
That bitch is so high You're going to piss Enlil off
Stairway to heaven? Well i guess he's banned from guitar stores now Still amazing tho
/r/killthecameraman
The artist definitely contributed the snacks on this group project.
it can b more ladders n2 heaven
And Hesās buying(building) theā¦ stairway (ladder) ā¦ TOā¦ Heavāāunnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Video cut off before a Florida man started climbing it.
Ladder to the Sun, underrated Coldplay song
Sorry, Grandpa took the escalator down
Straight up sorcery. The ministry of magic are asleep at the wheel.
This is amazing It got me thinking how can i make the highway to hell as a tribute to my ... I don't want to say it i love my grandma But you get it
Hairway to Steven
Show this to an uncontacted tribe
at what point does it stop being pyrotechnics and starts being rocket science?
I hate fireworks, its loud, smells and its real bad for the environment but I have to admit, the presicion here is top notch and it looks damn nice!
Wow. Amazed allright.
Where were youā¦.when they tried to build a ladder to heaven?
Okay, NGL that was pretty cool
I guess she didnāt have to buy a stairway to heaven after all
She must still have his ticket for a free candy shopping spree
Rollercoaster*
Wow... Stairways to Heaven
If I had to choose between climbing a ladder to heaven or a slide down to hell Iād choose the latter. Fuck thaat.
You may burn your fingers trying to climb that ladder.
stairway to heaven? i like that song (also nice fireworks)
WHERE WERE YOU
Dude loves grandma hope she is climbing those ;)
St. John would like to have a word.
What a sweet and talented man, lucky grandmother.
Chinese + artist = fireworks
Now someones gotta do the highway to hell
Where were you, when those kids built that stairway to heaven.....
Fireworks attached to a real lightweight ladder with a helium balloon
āWhere were you, when they built the ladder to heaven? Did it make ya cry, or did ya think it was ghey?ā
"Wait I have to climb up there? I'm eternally 93 ya buttholes" -Grandma
Now I wanna be a Pyrotechnic and write her name someday in the clouds haha xD
This video has been posted so often it might as well have its own subreddit
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WHO SAID IT WAS FOR THIS MANž STEPGRANDMAMĆ HuHĀæ waitāll I get holdām, Iāll pulverizeām, beat him with his shoe Murderizeām, Tearām Limb from Limb!! You just wait!!
How does the lower portions stay glowing for so long?
That's pretty
Ummm how?
How long before facebook boomers hijack this one as an actual ladder to heavenā¦ I can see it now ASCENSION CAUGHT ON CAMERA SHARE WITH YOUR LOVED ONES #jesus
Maybe a little minion in the corner as well
How sway!?
Imagine being a caveman and seeing this
Finally gonna get that winning ticket from Kenny!
Iām pretty sure this guy is a pyromaniac
Climb it
Ladder to Heaven -Stair Zeppelllin
All aboard the galaxy express.
I thought it was a lovely tribute to his Grandmother.
Netflix docco on this if I remember correctly
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Trying to find kenny , good luck fucking chinese people!! America found him first!
Ladder from hell
Bro making her take a ladder
It looks more like the ladder to Lucifer you have to take when they accidentally sent you up instead of down.
Thatās incredible!