The world's tallest sandcastle, in time-lapse photography

The Guinness World Records people have just certified that a monster sandcastle, built by Ed Jarrett and a team of volunteers in Connecticut in April and May this year, has taken the world record for the largest of its type.

Over 1.6 million pounds of sand and water were used to create the structure, while more than 1,000 volunteers were on hand to help Ed, collectively contributing over 2,000 work hours.

Ed began work on the castle on April 1, with the completed structure finished in time for official measurements a whole seven weeks later on May 20.




For the final two weeks of the project he lived in a trailer on the site, carving the sand for an average 15 hours a day, only stopping to take breaks to drive his daughters to school or to eat.

There's more at the link.

Here's a time-lapse video showing the construction of the castle.

I imagine that as the forms came down and they carved the designs on the sand, they were praying hard for the wind and rain to keep away until they'd finished!

Congratulations to all concerned.

Peter