8,000 Glowing Balloons Commemorate Fall of Berlin Wall

Germany marks 25 years since infamous wall fell.

ByABC News
November 8, 2014, 5:18 PM
Balloons of the art project 'Lichtgrenze 2014' (lit. 'lightborder 2014') are reflected in the river Spree at the Oberbaumbruecke in Berlin, Germany, Nov. 7, 2014.
Balloons of the art project 'Lichtgrenze 2014' (lit. 'lightborder 2014') are reflected in the river Spree at the Oberbaumbruecke in Berlin, Germany, Nov. 7, 2014.
dpa, Friedrich Bungert/AP Photo

— -- Thousands of glowing balloons have taken over Berlin this weekend as Germany marks 25 years since the fall of the Berlin wall.

Called "Lichtgrenze 2014" -- German for "Light Border," the piece is made up of 8,000 individual glowing balloons that snake through Germany's capital.

PHOTO: People walk between balloons of the art project 'Lichtgrenze 2014' (lit. 'lightborder 2014') and the remains of the former Berlin Wall at the wall memorial site Bernauer Strasse in Berlin, Germany, Nov. 7, 2014.
People walk between balloons of the art project 'Lichtgrenze 2014' (lit. 'lightborder 2014') and the remains of the former Berlin Wall at the wall memorial site Bernauer Strasse in Berlin, Germany, Nov. 7, 2014.

The nine-mile chain of balloons follows the border that separated East and West Berlin. On Sunday, the balloons will be released to signal the anniveresary of the end of the country's 28-year division.

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