Laser Light Show Facts

An entirely new laser show debuted in May 2014. It tells the history of the dam and the region and people it changed forever. — Photo courtesy of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation If it’s currently offered…

How long is the laser show? has been dropped. The laser light show lasts approximately 30 minutes, during How are the lasers used which time colorful images created by the lasers dance back and forth across the huge surface of the dam. at Grand Coulee Dam? Where can I view the As one of the largest entertainment laser projection systems in show? The best locations are the seating (Normal) 2020 the world, and certainly the largest outdoor laser show in North America, area at the Visitor Center and from Laser Show Times the lasers at Grand Coulee Dam tell the park below the Visitor Center. Nightly at Grand Coulee Dam the story of the Columbia River and These areas provide an outdoor how its power was harnessed to sound system. The town of Coulee Dam has a park — terraced and grassy for viewing the laser show — adjacent to the May 23 to July 31 at 10:00 p.m. Aug. 1 to Aug. 31 at 9:30 p.m. Sept. 1 to Sept. 30 at 8:30 p.m. provide multiple benefits to mankind, including electrical power, irrigation for farming, and exciting recreational opportunities. As a result of the open east end of the Columbia River bridge. process of scripting the new show in

Other viewing spots: from Doug2014, viewers will also understand the las Park in Coulee Dam; from Crown Point Vista atop the granite costs of building the dam — cost to wildlife, and to native peoples cliffs above Lake Rufus Woods, with access from SR-174 towards whose way of life was dependent on that wildlife, in particular, Bridgeport. the salmon that no longer could continue upstream to spawn. The USBR broadcasts the audio portion of the laser light show nightly at 90.1 FM. How much did the lasers cost? With the original equipment in use since 1989, the Bureau of What is a laser? Reclamation commissioned a new show and new equipment.

Lasers are intense beams of light commonly used in medicine The equipment began operation in May of 2013, but projecting and science, but they've also found a niche as a high-tech, fastthe new show began in May 2014. Lumalaser, of Eugene, Oregon, moving form of entertainment. They are controlled by computers bid the project at $1.6 million. which, at Grand Coulee Dam, are in the Visitor Center. Although a single dot of light, lasers can trace an image so rapidly it appears as a solid figure to the human eye. How big are the laser images? Pictures are beamed at the awesome height of nearly 300 feet.

The term “laser” is actually an acronym for Light Amplification How far do the lasers project? by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. It is so commonly used The laser lights are beamed between 2,000 and 4,000 feet to now that the tradition of using capital letters for an acronym the surface of the dam.