Lamp with light emitting elements surrounding active cooling device

An actively cooled lamp, the lamp defining axial, radial, and circumferential directions, the lamp comprising:

• a housing;
• a heat sink connected with said housing, said heat sink including a plurality of fins for dissipating heat away from the lamp, said heat sink defining a chamber and a plurality of openings positioned about the heat sink for allowing a flow of air in or out of the chamber, the openings positioned so as to direct air flow along the fins of said heat sink;
• an active cooling device positioned within the chamber of said heat sink and configured for creating a flow of air through the openings in said heat sink;
• a plurality of light emitting elements positioned about said heat sink and spaced apart along the circumferential direction, said light emitting elements positioned between the fins of said heat sink;
• and
• a plurality of optical elements positioned over said light emitting elements so as to receive and distribute light from each of said light emitting elements.