This is a very brief video of Zeus adding his own bit of flair to a 4th of July fireworks show in Mustang, Oklahoma (never been, but I can imagine what it’s like). That’s cool, I love fireworks AND lightning. Is anybody working on a way to harvest lightning energy?

NOTE: VOLUME DOWN. This is a video of the Beyond The Press Youtube channel of 7,000 bricks of recalled fireworks all being ignited at once. But why were they recalled? Were they too unsafe? They’re FIREWORKS. Regardless, the all-at-once show is glorious. I only wish I could have been there

Because some people are determined to not take the danger of fireworks seriously *hides bandaged hand behind back* this is a video of a 4th of July mishap in which a garage full of fireworks starts a house fire. That is unfortunate for them. One minute you think you’re going

This is a flame rainbow, the ROYGBIV of fire created by adding methanol to different ionic salts (listed in the screenshot above in their respective tint), which result in the various flame colors. That’s cool. I was sort of hoping for one flame with all the different colors layered like

Because important scientific experiments take many different forms, this is a video of Youtuber HaerteRest packing a toilet bowl (and every other hole he could find) full with over 1,000 sparklers, then taking the toilet to the great outdoors to see what will happen when they’re all lit. SPOILER: it

This is a video of a couple firework sorting machines doing their thing. Their thing being sorting fireworks, in case you couldn’t tell from the obvious context clues. Being a detective isn’t for everyone, you know. Just look at all those firecrackers! It’s pretty crazy to think of just how

Presumably to celebrate my birthday over the weekend, this is a video of an elderly woman having her first hands-on experience with a Roman candle. She appears to be continually shocked whenever another shot is fired. Admittedly, it is always a little surprising. Unfortunately she did not seem to enjoy

Even with my limited memory, I’m fairly certain I posted this on Geekologie back in the day, but that site when belly-up after I had to leave so here it is again, where it can live on forever, or at least until the internet is destroyed like I pray for