Olympic cauldron

The 2024 Olympic flame

The 2024 Olympic “flame” isn’t really a flame at all. The 30-meter-high cauldron, designed by Mathieu Lahanneur, is an optical illusion: it’s a plume of water mist created by 200 high-pressure nozzles. The resulting cloud is then illuminated by 40 electric LED projectors. Both the electricity and water are fed to the “balloon” from the ground.