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Samantha Hayes ReportingThe focal point of the Olympics is the Cauldron, where the spirit of the games burns brightly for 16 days. Each host city designs a different cauldron and everyone seems to want a picture in front of it.
Torino's Olympic cauldron is designed to embody the tension of the Olympic challenge. Five supports rise up and then twist, representing a burst of energy into the Olympic flame.
Whitney Olch, Park City Resident: "I thought the torch lighting was incredible. I thought they did a really great job."
Michael Sapp and Whitney Olch are adding to their Olympic picture book those shots, which will be next to the ones of Salt Lake City.
Whitney Olch: "I think that's definitely a driving force for coming back here, having experienced the games in 2002."
For the 2002 Games, the cauldron design complemented the theme, a glass structure that held the fire within. In Torino, the flame shoots out from metal pipes for a more industrial look, a signature of the city.
After the Olympics there probably be more pictures of it than just about anything else.
The Olympic cauldron not only displays and protects the flame, it is also a representation of the host country's culture, history, and spirit.
