Before We Explain the World

Photography by Lu Heng

5The Scale of Time

A Moment Above the Water

Story 42 of 51 · 6 photographs

Look up at the light, then down at its reflection. Water reconnects the fireworks to the ground. The frames that follow open out, with space around each burst.

  1. Pale fireworks and smoke rise above still water, with broken reflections below.
    292

    Fireworks above the water

    Read about this photograph
  1. Blue fireworks burst above a glowing orange reflection on dark water.
    293

    Blue fireworks above water

    Read about this photograph
  2. Gold and red sparks rise above their broken reflections on black water.
    294

    Gold and red reflections on water

    Read about this photograph
  1. A firework with a purple glow and coloured rays opens above a thin trail and smaller fading sparks.
    295

    A firework with a purple glow

    Read about this photograph
  2. A purple firework forms a soft, dense sphere above a thin launch trail.
    296

    A purple firework

    Read about this photograph
  1. A small red-and-gold burst glows above thin launch trails.
    297

    A small firework in the night

    Read about this photograph