Ladies and gentlemen, light your fuses. (SOUNDBITE OF FIREWORKS) WESTERVELT: Fire in the hole. Tonight, as you oooh and awe to brilliant reds and whites and blues bursting in air, you might wonder ...
If you want beautiful fireworks bursting in the sky, you’re going to need to mine the Earth first. Here’s the geology of the minerals that give fireworks their vibrant colours. Fireworks get their ...
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