Meet Fireworks' Big Brother—Liquid Iron

As if the risk of death, severe burns and lost fingers wasn't appealing enough with your generic firework brands, a New Mexico Highlands University fine arts professor has taken our backyard fun to the next explosive level. We've never felt more patriotic than when Prof. David Lobdell and his students throw hundreds of pounds of glowing molten iron onto this backdrop in a spectacular and violent July 4th-worthy display.