Awesome Fireworks

Just like last year, YouTuber iZHarms celebrated the 4th of July by making a weapon straight out of Dead Rising. He put together five AK-180 Roman candles, giving him a total of 900 shots. Yes! America!

Here’s another video of a fireworks display filmed in midair. YouTuber Jos Stiglingh used a DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter and a GoPro Hero 3 Silver to record the video. This must be a blast to watch with a 3D headset.

Vimeo contributor Gasper C’s friend flew his DJI Phantom quadcopter through a fireworks display. The result is a sure entrant to our stash of videos to watch when wasted. The song is Sprawl II by Arcade Fire.

For July 4th, the guys from Louisiana Hog Control sent their RC plane into the air and shot fireworks at it, providing a unique POV on the pyrotechnics as they whiz by the wings of the flyer. We want bigger fireworks next time.

Julian Tay reversed his footage of the New Year’s Eve fireworks show in Melbourne, Australia. Paired with Serphonic’s Moon Behind the Tree, the lively spectacle was transformed into a soothing sight.

The Taunggyi Festival in Myanmar went from fun to fiery when the fireworks loaded in a hot air balloon went off prematurely. Even more confounding is the fact that this is not the first time this happened.

July 4th might be over, but that doesn’t mean we still can’t appreciate some cool fireworks. We’ve certainly never seen a display that looks like this, and we’re betting you haven’t either.

The 4th of July fireworks display at San Diego Bay ended in disaster when a “computer glitch” turned what was supposed to be 15 minutes worth of fireworks into a 15 second blob of light and sound.

The Golden Gate Bridge celebrated its 75th anniversary on 5/27/12 with day-long festivities, culminating in a 19-minute fireworks display. Video by Michael Coleman; image by Thomas Hawk.

Also known as the “poor man’s perimeter alarm”, these foot-long pull-strings are rigged with a small explosive charge, which makes a loud 85dB bang when yanked. Sold in packs of 72 pieces.

We’re enjoying the beginning of this new year even more, now that we’ve added some excitement from seeing the world’s largest fired fireworks shell ever (allegedly), at 42″, set off in Japan.

An explosive spectacle by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Quiang over the desert of Qatar, firing off colorful clouds in place of sparks. The big booms and massive fireballs don’t hurt either.

(NSFW: Language) He may have the same shield and mask as Captain America, but that’s where the similarities end for Captain Awesome, who doesn’t seem to quite understand what a shield is used for.

Ever wanted to know what it looked like from the point of view of a bottle rocket? In preparation for this weekend’s Independence Day festivities, let’s go for a ride-along with some fireworks and see.

Sam Houston Area Council celebrated the Boy Scouts of America’s 100th anniversary with a bang. 3,130 model rockets were launched, way more than enough to break the previous record of 965.

Time for a fun chemistry lesson. Did you know that sugar reacts violently with molten potassium chlorate, violent enough to make a gummy bear burn up? We want to try it with these big boys.

Our experience shooting off fireworks is limited to the occasional bottle rocket, but these guys did just a little more than that, shooting off 15,000 fireworks in sequence from a single ignition.