Do fireworks look the same from every angle?

Question

If I'm 300 feet from where a firework is launched and I see a perfect circle, if I go to where it was launched, turn 90 degrees and walk 300 feet would I see a circle or verticle line

Answer 1

Simple fireworks throw glowing shrapnel equally in all directions, so they would look the same from any direction. Most of the large fireworks you see are of this type.

It would be possible to construct one that sent its colored sparks flying only in one plane. The tricky part would preventing the rocket from spinning at all as it ascended. You'd have to position it precisely on the launcher, and the rocket would have to be perfectly aerodynamically symmetrical. Chances are low that this would work out with any consistency.

Answer 2

Not all fireworks are symmetrical. Some bursts are tall and thin, some short, some in the shape of a disc, and some with two or more charges of different colors. Most have spherical symmetry, and nearly all have axial symmetry, some only planar symmetry, and a few have no symmetry at all.

Answer 3

Fireworks explode when in the air. So, like any explosion, the energy is equally transferred in each direction (left-right, up-down, back-front, and everywhere in between). Therefore, you see the exact same circle no matter what angle you are viewing it from.

Answer 4

Its a perfect circle from every angle. think of it as a sphere.

Answer 5

yes they do