Where the colors of fireworks come from
Happy 4th of July, American friends! Here’s a little chemistry lesson on where the colors in fireworks come from.
Is that not enough for your sponge of a brain? Then here’s a more detailed video on explosive chemistry from Byte Size Science!
(↬ Boing Boing)
Source: Boing Boing
Best Space Fireworks Photos Ever
Above, the remnants of supernova Cassiopeia A as seen through the Hubble. Very patriotic.
Source: space.com
Fireworks exploding in super HD to fill your patriotic geek quota! (just click on the video box if you can’t get it to start playing, stupid Flash)
Have a great 4th weekend, everyone. Well, those of us in the U.S. anyway :)
Actually, everyone should have a great weekend, just that here we’ll be celebrating … you know what I mean …
(via Popular Science)
Source: popsci.com
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