I love fireworks, folks. I don't see the spectacle often, but when I do , it is an absolute beauty to behold, especially when it is an entire choreography. I sometimes cannot believe that there are people whose job it is to "make" fireworks. Especially, the development of new ones must be a blast!... in more ways than one :-P.

This episode looks at how fireworks create colour at the sky. I hope you enjoy it.

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Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom#Bohr_model

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohr_model

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_orbital

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworks#Pyrotechnic_compounds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrotechnic_composition

General Chemistry by D. D. Ebbing 5th Ed. 1996 ISBN 0-395-74415-6; Chapter 7

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission_spectrum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_line