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    *Amateur fireworks from a Pyrotechnics Guild International competition. (© Tom Handel)*
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    *Amateur fireworks from a Pyrotechnics Guild International competition. (© Tom Handel)*
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    *Amateur fireworks from a Pyrotechnics Guild International competition. (© Tom Handel)*
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    *Amateur fireworks from a Pyrotechnics Guild International competition. (© Tom Handel)*
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    *Fireworks, built by Tom Handel, from a Pyrotechnics Guild International convention. (© Tom Handel)*
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    *Fireworks display from a Pyrotechnics Guild International convention. (© Tom Handel)*
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    *Fireworks display from a Pyrotechnics Guild International convention. (© Tom Handel)*
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    *Fireworks display from a Pyrotechnics Guild International convention. (© Tom Handel)*
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    *Fireworks display from a Pyrotechnics Guild International convention. (© Tom Handel)*
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    *Fireworks display from a Pyrotechnics Guild International convention. (© Tom Handel)*
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