I was fortunate to get an invite from my cousin to get up close and personal with a local fireworks show on the 4th. Thousands of large and powerful explosives firing off all around us at the same time was intense to say the least. And incredibly loud to say the very least! The fuses were hand lit the old-fashioned way by the pyrotechnicians who had to stay very close to the danger to keep the show going. Here are a few shots from the show…