Sculptors built the world's tallest sandcastle in Binz, Germany. It stands more than 57 feet above the ground, and it's made of 24,000 pounds of sand.
The shockingly intricate sandcastle took a team of 12 sculptors and eight technicians from Russia, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Holland, and Latvia. The team spent three and a half weeks building the structure, which is made of approximately 24,250 pounds (11 metric tons) of sand. Guinness World Records announced the castle was a record-breaker on June 5.
The diameter of the castle measures more than 85 feet (26 meters), and it stands 57 feet 11 inches (17.65 meters) above the ground, according to Guinness World Records. The attempt was organized by sculptor Thomas van den Dungen, who had been attempting the record since 2017, according to Guinness World Records.