Fireworks are art for four senses. How many similar phenomena you know? We admire the flashes of colourful lights, the thunder of explosion, the wind bringing the smell of sulphur, the pressure waves rippling against our faces.

Around the world, fireworks are watched by hundreds of thousands, even millions, of people, who most likely do not realize, they are partaking in the celebration of one of the oldest and most important discoveries of all time - the taming of fire by man.