Beauty In The Sky

I always enjoy watching fireworks. Lucky for me this year to be in New York to watch the whole of Macy’s firework show on 4th of July US Independence Day Celebration. It was a spectacular event on the East River, the bursting of vibrant colors into the sky: red which comes from strontium and lithium salts, blue from copper, green from barium, yellow from sodium, silvery flashes come from the combinations of magnesium, aluminium and titanium, all natural ingredients from our Earth. All these fireworks displays are copied from the Chinese who invented them in the ninth century. It has now become a world custom. Many countries celebrate auspicious occasions or national days with fireworks, using similar recipes – a mixture of 75% potassium nitrate, 15th%charcoal and 10%sulphur to make a small balls and shoot them up to create starburst in the sky. The London Economist says that the Japanese firework is the best in the world. They make
flowers in the sky, a new form of artwork, to celebrate Flower-fire Festival in Japan from July onward.

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