Watch the Dayton fireworks finale in slow motion

Fireworks are beautiful, but in a flash, they're gone ...

Unless you record them in slow motion.

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I was at RiverScape on Sunday night for the City of Dayton Lights in Flight Fireworks Festival 2016.

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There were thousands of festival-goers, all of us getting soaked in the rain as we waited for the fireworks to begin at 10 p.m.

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Was it worth it? Definitely!

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Besides being pretty, Independence Day fireworks remind us of our freedom in this country, and for that, we have tremendous reason to rejoice.

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