How Fireworks Work

How fireworks work.

The "shooters"--the mortars are the tubes they shoot out of. Get a closer look at mortars and fuses here:
http://www.skylighter.com/fireworks/how-to/fuse-fireworks-mortar-racks.asp

Setting up the fireworks and what they look like while they're being shot--up close and from a distance:

And snippets from a fireworks shooters school: