At the Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Qatar, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang put on his largest “explosion event” of the last three years, utilizing microchip-controlled explosives to form incredible designs and patterns. This event is an impressive testament to how a volatile black powder explosion can be controlled and shaped by computer. Each set of explosions was calculated to paint a different picture. One series of explosions created black smoke clouds that looked like “drops of ink splattered across the sky.” In another, 8,300 shells embedded with computer microchips exploded in a pyramid shape over the desert.
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Explosion event created by artist Cai Guo-Qiang for the opening of The Ninth Wave in Shanghai, 2014, using biodegradable colored powders. It contains three chapters: Elegy, Remembrance, and Consolation.
This is oddly satisfying.
Gav and Dan have the biggest and most colorful finale of their Planet Slo Mo show that they could possibly think of.
Correfoc, aka the “fire run,” in Catalonia, Spain, by photographer M. Barrio.
A reminder to not play with bootleg fireworks, kids! With awesome subtitles. Sound required. NSFW because swearing.
The Slow Mo Guys took precautions by wetting down the grass beforehand.
Pistol fireworks for the Gion Matsuri Festival at the Yoshida Shrine in Toyohashi City, Japan, by photographer Hidenobu Suzuki.
Ever wonder what fireworks look like up close? Watch as a drone flies through a show and returns unharmed.
Check Your Premises 