(YouTube link) The Big Bay Boom fireworks display in San Diego was supposed to be a 20-minute patriotic display. However, all the fireworks in three different barges in the bay went off prematurely at the same time, for...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/05/big-bay-boom-is-a-bust/(YouTube link) If you're taking the family out... ...ohn A. Conkling explains the chemistry behind the pyrotechnics . -via Bytesize Science
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/03/the-chemistry-of-fireworks/(YouTube Link) The Pharaoh's Serpent is a traditional pyrotechnic and chemical display in which mercury thiocyanate is set on fire, producing what looks like a very rapidly growing vine. It has since fallen out of fa...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/03/11/the-pharoahs-serpent-mercury-thiocyanate/
Everything you ever wanted to know about Roman candles, including how to make your own, in in this article at Confession of a Fireworks Man. I once made the mistake of thinking I could hold a one-inch display candle in...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/16/roman-candles-2/
