"Teacherjh" wrote in message
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IMHO, an airplane is about the worst place to watch and take pictures of
fireworks, the effects are generally washed out by the contrasting city
lights. Most fireworks only go a few hundred feet.


Fireworks (those that make up a typical municipal display) go almost a
thousand
feet up,

Few, not most.
Shells that reach close to 1/2 a mile are REALLY expensive and are used in
displays with big budgets $100,000 (like Macys), but it is not typical.
I'll concede that a show like Macys is definitely one worth a look-see from
the air! Maybe the Vancouver show has these, I don't know.

I wouldn't do that (Macys) display for all the tea in china. I respect and
applaud the guys and gals that endure the mental and physical strain that is
required by a display of that magnitude. Their work is fabulous.

Marty