15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
New Yorkers watch the Macy's 4th of July fireworks from balconies

Spectators to the 2017 Macy's Fourth of July fireworks display in New York City watch from balconies of a Long Island City high-rise apartment building as the colorful explosions appear to happen directly in front of them. The fireworks were set off in a series of barges in the East River.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2017
Date Uploaded: 07.2017
Photo Location: Long Island City (Queens), New York, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D750
Copyright: © Mike Waterhouse