The Greatest '8-Minute Show' in Seattle

20,000 will gather around the base of the Space Needle, another 400,000 of us will watch from a distance from surrounding neighborhoods. 25 hours (total) it takes to put up, 8 hours to take down.  All for that AMAZING 8-minute display of fireworks synchronized to music.  Who's the mastermind and work behind it all?  The folks at Pyro Spectaculars.  For the past 17 years they've lit up the midnight sky in Seattle as we ring in a New Year.  I for one, say 'thanks' and look forward to all your hard work:) - Shellie Hart

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Check out these couple of really cool photos taken by: KEN LAMBERT / THE SEATTLE TIMES

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