STEAMBOAT Springs, Colorado, was briefly home to the world鈥檚 largest firework on 8 February. Weighing around 1270 kilograms, roughly the same as a small car, the 150-centimetre shell travelled at more than 480 kilometres per hour from a steel tube embedded in the nearby Emerald mountain.
The firework rose around 670聽metres into the air before exploding, painting the night sky a vivid red and showering spectators with sparks. An attendee from Guinness World Records confirmed the new record. It had previously been held by a 1080 kilogram shell.
The four-person team behind the聽firework was led by Tim Borden, a local fireworks enthusiast. The聽group has been building progressively larger fireworks for聽seven years in an effort to beat the world record. It took the team a聽month to create the firework鈥檚 sturdy shell casing out of more than 1600聽metres of packing tape.
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