Crystals installed on Times Square New Year's ball

Workers have installed nearly 200 glittering Waterford crystal triangles on Times Square's New Year's Eve ball in preparation for a pandemic-limited celebration.

ball is a 12-foot sphere covered with more than 2,000 crystal triangles of various sizes.

Some new crystals are swapped in every year.

This year's dition features a new "Gift of Happiness" design represented by a sunburst of bright cuts riating outward.

ball blazing with more than 32,000 LED lights will be dropped at 11:59 p.m. on New Year's Eve to ring in 2021.

(Im Credit: AP)