Published by: theshockbox

Uploaded on: 2007-07-13 03:37:33

Video Status: down:404

Down Since: 2009-07-17 13:58:13

Description: Some of my friends and I got the idea to do this in 2005 after discovering how cool lighting 20 something sparklers was.<br />Then we moved to about 250. Very cool with 20ft flame.<br /><br />So last year after the Fourth a bunch of us began buying all the discounted sparklers we could.<br /><br />On Labor day weekend of 2006 we got together to set off the largest sparkler bomb that we knew of.<br /><br />With so many people bringing sparklers it was hard to get a count until we began preparations. As we counted them up we came up with over 9,000!<br /><br />The setup was as follows;<br />for starters we dug a metal 5-gal bucket into the ground and packed it with sparklers. From there we just kept adding more and more on top.<br /><br />Not knowing what this would do we took as many safety precautions as possible;<br />bucket dug into the ground, 10ft fuse, hose on standby, and getting back about 60ft.<br /><br />Wanting to document the event we had four cameras rolling. Two video cameras (one on a tripod and the other hand held)<br />and two digital cameras (also hand held).<br /><br />In the video you hear us say that it lasted 3-5 seconds. Well if you go back and time it it's closer to 10. The flame was 30-35ft, while the plume went much, much higher.<br /><br /><br />We are currently in the planing stages for another one.<br /><br /><br />P.S. I am trying to keep this family friendly. So if you use profanity in your comments I WILL DELETE the comment.

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