Largest aerial firework shell - 1,268 kg (2,797 lbs) 🎆

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The largest aerial firework shell weighs 1,268 kg (2,797 lbs), and was achieved by James Cowden Widmann, Eric Krug, Ed MacArthur, and Tim Borden (all USA) in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA, on 8 February 2020.
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The final shell measures 1.44 m (4 ft 8.75 in) in diameter, made of over 82.07 km (51 mi) of 5.71 cm (2.25 in) gummed paper tape, wrapped in even layers by a machine built especially for this purpose. The completed shell is at least 17.78 cm (7 in) thick, and was filled with 380 individual comet fireworks. A giant mortar, 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) in diameter and 7.92 m (26 ft) deep, had to be specially built to shoot off the giant firework.

[@robsonchabsi]

What about the deaths?

[@awfuldoesstuffs4893]

​@@robsonchabsi we don't talk about that 💀

[@user-xe5eq9br1c]

It was kinda weak

[@icewallflatearth1158]

Imagine firing that thing horizontally..

[@armando9293]

How much decibels

[@stevecorcoran9869]

I believe that one surpassed firework status and has moved into the realm of artillery.

[@thiyvb]

😂

[@hkdg9820]

😂

[@davidjuarez1834]

Weak artillery

[@justinheardG95]

​@@davidjuarez1834you have no clue, this thing weighs almost 3000 lbs, if it didn't project upwards and just blew up on the ground it would level anything within a half mile radius possibly more

[@davidjuarez1834]

@@justinheardG95 it wouldn't level anything it might blow out some windows and start some fires thats about it. Trust me I know real artillery.

[@ms9001]

that's not a firework, that's a white phosphorus bomb

[@derc4656]

Realy?

[@PeachDragon_]

​@@derc4656 it could function as one

[@NOYBZ]

The actual thing is actually brighter

[@kromanaut]

No. It's a firework. No white phosphorus was used in any of the composition. And I would know.

[@itstaz1351]

​@@kromanaut wow we must have a detective genius on our hands

[@damiennavarette8694]

its so insane how that one firework lit up the mountains so bright you could see the snow

[@JL-wf2wp]

We use similar products in the military

[@hoidoei941]

Well that’s what light does..

[@TheSphongleface]

Snow? You mean sand.

[@damiennavarette8694]

@@TheSphongleface well are ya sure.

[@calvinhicks9216]

@@TheSphongleface no its snow

[@ivegonemad]

Oppenheimer special effects crew: you wanted realism right?

[@13kellyr]

That's nowhere near what a nuclear explosion would look like

[@tvenice7317]

@@13kellyrIt’s a joke

[@SalmonFeet]

@@13kellyr yo mama

[@ACupOfOrangeJuice]

@@13kellyr r/woooosh

[@reekz1568]

The flash is almost looking nuclear

[@BLX_.]

*"Who turned the lights on?"*

[@otz_matt]

only real ones know😭💀

[@changwoeiyii7537]

Oh, right! 😅

[@TMNTraphaelOfficial]

Bro💀🇯🇵

[@rookie4582]

“UUGGHH”😖

[@user-vk3po3kf3u]

Imagine 10 at the same time

[@Paulus2001]

You would literally be blind 😂😂

[@Ali_art]

Ww3 kinda vibe 💀

[@mr.smellgood2794]

Face proably will melt off looking from a distances still😂

[@CrackaDon1]

I JUST IMAGINED 11 CZ I'M CRAZY 😜🤪👀

[@spidermonk3uVvwy8-2]

Great low flying anti aircraft

[@thesolojourney8955]

One of my all time favorite firework videos, also if you pause at the right spot it looks like they created a Sun ☀️

[@SylvDrawer]

You know it’s big when it literally lights up the dark!

[@MrLuckyCasino]

My dic does that too 😅😅😅😅

[@Heroo01]

dude literally any amount of light "lights up the dark" lmfao

[@EarthsEverywhere]

that firework just woke up a quarter of the city lol

[@HannoverJung1994]

That one moment when it becomes as bright as a star, love it

[@gregoryedmonds4421]

Pyrotechnics are unequivocally the funnest stuff to mess with. It looked like a small nuclear blast.

[@christinebee9781]

@@gregoryedmonds4421 “funnest stuff?”

[@-vise-]

My Japanese neighbors: this firework brings back memories

[@Dr._Atom]

and your grampa be screaming all over the place

[@Mad-Bassist]

Car alarms and barking dogs--thinking of an older video of a 48" shell. This one was almost 57"... insane! Wish I could have seen that in person!

[@pratikparab3361]

That's dark 😂

[@CRABRANGOON222]

wow💀💀☠️☠️

[@anupchess4743]

Meanwhile India in Diwali Why there is day in night

[@wanderingbufoon]

it's all fun and games when you see this in the north but when you see this in the desert, it is accompanied with "mission objective: survive"

[@rtk6945]

Extremely and Amazingly Beautiful !

[@pk40556]

Way to go fellas & Steamboat! I grew up ski racing there and spent many nights on the jumping hill!! Before going to the wayer slide at the athletic club! Miss ya Steamboat!

[@away69]

That has triggered my grandpa's PTSD again

[@BigSkinty91]

😢

[@businessraptor134]

"How bout that guys?"

[@keithkirchgassner4551]

Best part lmao

[@sidm479]

Best part 💯 😆

[@jordanleng204]

💀

[@bryanstrickland1128]

Yeah How bout a ride to the ER guys cause I can't see , my retinas are burned out from that thermonuclear warhead you just sent to the moon !!

[@malikaikinn1153]

David Letterman's reincarnation

[@strhaivenswr]

I've seen videos of the ones they launch in Japan they literally lower them into the ground with cranes or backhoes.

[@xs-1b415]

No nitrates or perchlorates were harmed during the filming of this...

[@Mooon_pawzies]

It’s so cool seeing people record it from different places

[@channelsold3236]

woah that delayed was lit in the delivery 🔥 🎆 🎇

[@teariki631]

the light of my life...wicked

[@ronbrock6153]

That was the birth of a new sun.

[@Tardy4Klass901]

I’m here 2024 July forth…that was amazing…kicked off my day

[@ohyaaa7413]

I would’ve thought the world was ending had I seen that driving lmao

[@grantw1465]

Now that's spectacular

[@digger5521]

you guys did it , you lit the fuse !!!

[@chuckicha]

I saw this light to the end of the Nordpole this day😊

[@interrogationfiles]

Dude selling that for 5 million was also a submarine trip salesman

[@haystackhider7158]

"Pretty cheap, Conehead.."

[@antoinebrown1687]

Beautiful

[@johnburton7633]

Oppenheimer would have been proud of that 😮

[@RepostCollection]

"Wait a second. What's going on?" You came to verify a firework world record. What do you think is going on? XD

[@taylorlee8149]

🎉 wow that was neattt

[@Bubba603]

He thought the world was ending

[@Mad-Bassist]

Probably talking about the stars on the outside of the shell--one separated pretty early. That's one hell of a firework!

[@user-lg5qz3bi2m]

That woke up every men women and beast

[@rogercabo5545]

want to see a video how they put all the stuff inside the big ball together. and why it flies do straight up!! and hoe long the developing takes for this 20 seconds.

[@ALucas73]

I think I saw this on Malcolm in the Middle. Funniest thing on TV ever.

[@Jacob-od5yo]

Bringing daylight to the night

[@ronnynitzsche5931]

Hammer...sieht echt geil aus...

[@edwinbz9889]

When you make it through no nut November and it's now December 1st.

[@boilerjet]

Everybody needs and Eric and Jim in their life

[@AUDUMDECH]

สวยงามมากครับ👍❤️🙏

[@paddyk3748]

I love the womans reaction she was AMAZED

[@crybabylebongo]

that was a dude...

[@paddyk3748]

@crybabylebongo that is definatly a lass woowing at the end mate

[@crybabylebongo]

@@paddyk3748 oh I thought you meant the Gasp when the firework exploded.

[@graysoceanworld5662]

That was definitely the Tsar Bomba of all fireworks.

[@user-bp2tz7hp9v]

Even tho it was miles from my house i saw it, best new years firework I’ve ever scene

[@torimig2151]

Verry loud to I bet

[@rajendrabiswas]

nothing in military world is elegant as a firework

[@kennethfoster1054]

New sun 🌞 NOICE!👍🏿

[@aventurero575]

Beautiful ❤🎉thank you

[@SwaggerDoesStuff]

Bro created a whole new universe

[@KaiMoya420]

It’s like when Merry and Pippin set off Gandalf’s dragon firework.

[@AdnanAhmed-cp2fz]

"And now I became Fire work."

[@420jacksonian]

best ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@takeemoutdoors3489]

That's what 5 million gets ya! Mr Beast need one

[@pyrofloki]

Japan makes bigger and better every year. And they are way more beautiful

[@hansonlife9465]

Not technically bigger but much better than this soulless monstrosity. The elegance of the big (and all other sizes) Japanese fireworks is absolute art. I hope to see them in person one day.

[@LickMyMusketBallsYankee]

Lmao imagine being such a weeb that you're in denial about a Guinness World Record

[@Mad-Bassist]

Seek Takeo Shimizu: the depth of the art and science is inspiring!

[@Theantmang]

cool that they got the record, but this firework was terrible. Break was mad uneven. @@hansonlife9465

[@medidationsisbliss]

I was finding this comment ..hell it's no way near to the one where it got exploded first and then every sparkle had their own shell...that was amazing this one looks so weak as compare to that one

[@gnericnuser]

That fucken thing is almost a tone and a half , looks like a nuclear sunrise

[@marcusmccoy3578]

Looked like a Falcon Heavy taking off for a second there❤

[@thisisjfl]

That fireworks feels like you're in Hiroshima for a sec.

[@walterkoziol3822]

Now everyone that saw that is driving home blinded.

[@thistle53]

First thing i thought of was seeing the Challenger launch & explode, & watching part of it fall back to earth. Creepy.

[@you_beg_my_pardon]

Bro momentarily recreated the sun

[@GlitterOnPwz]

I seen 2 videos of this firework already dayum

[@DevinMcSalty]

Don’t know which was crazier the world record firework or that voice crack😂

[@armastat]

Biggest firework I ever saw was from back in the 80's up in Everett Washington. Fired from a barge out in the bay it reached over 4000' altitude before exploding into a globe of green stars that was still expanding as a ball when th bottom reached the water.

[@armastat]

Never saw anything like it anywhere else, before or since then

[@ITzDo]

Guy: can I get some light out here Firework:

[@emilechamberlain9147]

Big up from just Natural stay happy

[@guillermopatlan3918]

Great editing. 😂

[@applepine613]

That single explosion may release about more than 1 million Candela. This thing is more than "firework"

[@tonytrout1088]

That was super bright even on video

[@graemehansen2804]

love it 😮

[@auraiaball]

Animals in the forset: change my mind my final message goo bye. *dont die* Animals: 😐

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

A team of astronauts just died and they're laughing.

[@utbdoug]

Yonshakudama is the bomb.. Literally! lol

[@quickies9561]

That happened to my colon when I mixed Gatorade with Miralax

[@overskilled1393]

Pollution : nobody was harmed during making of this video

[@_Carter_]

Now this is worth watching on someone's story

[@redskins3656]

Smokey Bear🐻: "Only you can prevent forest fires".

[@jasl7358]

It looked like a mini sun there for a second

[@17.2Miles]

Damn that thing hit the firmament.

[@andrewvincent7305]

Looks like the SUN just rose!!!

[@newt2010]

What a monster

[@fastlane458mag]

The shell going up in the video weighed 2,900 pounds, google it. That guy loading it must have been superman.

[@dwnnn7390]

Awesome Well Worth it

[@TheMASAProjectAz]

And that my friends is why wild fires are relentless each year

[@MaryHunte]

Once apon a time there was a fire work. It was beautiful. And the moment it went off... someone said "ow my ears." (Not a true story. Imagine it tho, its huge-)

[@mrz80]

2700 pounds?!! That's the weight of the "super heavy" 16" armor piercing projectile fired by the North Carolina, South Dakota, and Iowa class battleships in WW2.

[@susanreed8186]

Beautiful ❤

[@nolimitmartyyy9378]

Bro made another sun💀

[@marcvallois8984]

Wooohhh magnifique 🤩

[@Xmodius]

It’s a bad day to be a passing bird

[@Vincewett]

My bros made a second sun… 💀

[@U.s-epa]

There's always that one friend: "hey guys what's happening?!?????" 😂

[@chantzfanello6674]

Um did you have to get ahold of the FAA and make sure no planes were flying over lol that was soooo freaking big lol

[@tr2273]

Cool

[@RiskyMethods.81]

The one guy is celebrating on finishing a whole 36 pack of Hams.

[@DirtyShwa]

that would be one hell of a way to celebrate the christmas truce of 1914, assuming both sides knew it was happening

[@adamklingler5270]

It looks like the Death Star just blew up!!

[@markcorn]

This tell us big isn't always better

[@tdolan500]

Now I have become deaf, the destroyer of weddings and parties.

[@bigsmoke9561]

this puts illumination flares to shame😂