Vancouver’s Olympic Cauldron

Vancouver lights its Olympic flame

The four-armed, glass-and-steel cauldron roared to life at Jack Poole Plaza on Wednesday evening. Then at 8 p.m., almost without warning, the flame flared into the night sky. A crowd that had gathered to await the flame’s return cheered at the lighting of the cauldron, while strains of O Canada quickly spread around.

Some said the cost to light the cauldron was too high, while others argued there is no better time to light it than now, with Canada in second place in the medal count after the sixth day of the Games in Sochi.

It costs around $200,000 a day just to light it for 2 hours, depending on how much private funding there is. It is said that there are anonymous donors paying for the Cauldron to be lit.

This is an amazing sight, wish i was there to witness it.