Showing posts with label Fireworks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fireworks. Show all posts

Monday, October 22, 2012

What would happen if you set off a firework on the Moon?

Nothing.

I wish I could tell you 'there will be big explosion', but scientists say otherwise.

Because there is no oxygen in the Moon's almost non-existent atmosphere, there is nothing with which the inflammable materials in fireworks can ignite. However, if there were oxygen present, a firework could travel six times as high as on Earth. This would mean the most powerful mortar-launched fireworks could easily reach over a mile above the Moon's surface.

happy new year
I captured these fireworks during the ushering of new year (2011) in Bukit Bintang, K.Lumpur


Fact source: Sun Life, D.Express, Oct 21, 2012 - pp 14