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Old June 19th 04, 03:56 AM
Teacherjh
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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, and their burst is a few hundred feet big. They may be more
impressive when viewed from the ground, right under them, but when seen from a
moving airplane the sense of the three-dimensional shape of the burst is
unequalled. (The airplane is moving, and the change in perspective as the
burst occurs really brings out the form)

Done both, including flying over the Macy's display in NYC some years back.

Jose



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