Vancouver International Fireworks Competition

Vancouver International Foreworks Competition

Each summer, Vancouver hosts what they call the Celebration of Light, International Fireworks Competition, in which teams from three countries (this year: Canada, USA, and China) ignite the sky on four different nights over two weeks. Last night, Team Canada fired the opening salvo.

As always, we wandered down to the beach to watch from across the bay and snap a few photos.

Vancouver International Foreworks Competition

Vancouver International Foreworks Competition

1 Response to “Vancouver International Fireworks Competition”


  1. 1 millyonair 27 July 2008 at 9:01 pm

    Gorgeous photos! I love fireworks! The fireworks show I watched on July 4th caused a huge fire and the fire department had to come spray everything down in the middle of the show. It was pretty ridiculous. Fireworks over the water is always pretty- twice the color- and also probably a better idea. Especially when it hasn’t rained in about a million years. Which, in Texas, it hasn’t.


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