UK's biggest-ever light show switched on

The UK's biggest-ever piece of artwork created from light has been unveiled in Newcastle.



Nocturne, a 360-metre creation by artist Nayan Kulkarni, burst into life over part of Newcastle and Gateshead's historic Quayside.

The £300,000 project, which is bigger than three football pitches, will illuminate the Queen Elizabeth II Metro Bridge for at least 15 years.



Its low-energy LED lights will never repeat the same combination of colours twice as pre-programmed barcodes of colour ripple across the structure, rising and falling in brightness and intensity to match the ebb and flow of the tide below.