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Posted: 2018-02-09T17:03:40Z | Updated: 2018-02-13T11:08:37Z

A squadron of 1,218 drones shape-shifted into a snowboarder and then the Olympic rings Friday during the Winter Olympics televised presentation of the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, South Korea and it was as dazzling as it sounds.

Check out this large-scale gizmo marvel.

1218 drones assemble into a snowboarder then morph into the Olympic rings. Amazing.#WinterOlympics#OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/6LUwVHxaBM

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1218 drones assemble into a snowboarder then morph into the Olympic rings. Amazing.#WinterOlympics #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/6LUwVHxaBM

Greg Hogben (@MyDaughtersArmy) February 9, 2018

According to Wired, the LED-lighted, foot-long quadcopters were guided into their intricate formations by Intels Shooting Star platform. An Intel spokeswoman confirmed to HuffPost that the maneuvers over Pyeongchang were prerecorded. A live performance was scrapped because there were too many spectators standing in the area where the live drone show was supposed to take place, the Pyeongchang organizing committee said in a statement.

The spectacular sight broke the Guinness World Record for number of drones flown at the same time, the spokeswoman said.