The mastermind behind the 2026 lightshow set to break a world record in Albany made his penultimate visit to the city last week, fine-tuning plans for the bicentenary display set to be seen from space.

Light artist Kari Kola travelled from his native Finland earlier this month to iron out the final details of his mammoth Lighting The Sound project, set to run for three weekends next March.

Covering about 1000ha, the red and green installation will span 15km of Torndirrup National Park and will be filmed from space.

Kola hopes to “paint” a blanket of green across the land surrounding King George Sound via a network of 800 lights, dotted with 15 light towers that will shoot red roots into the sky.

Speaking to the Advertiser on October 1, Kola said initial ideas involved lighting up Alban

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