©2004 John Hultgren, Louisville, Kentucky
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The opening for Kentucky Derby Festival, a large fireworks display over Louisville, Kentucky. Viewed from the Indiana shoreline of the Ohio River. 
N 38^o 16.224'  W 85^o 45.383'

'Thunder Over Louisville,' the opening ceremony for the Kentucky Derby Festival. The nation's largest annual fireworks event is attended by more than 800,000 spectators along both sides of the Ohio River and has been seen by millions world-wide on television. It is rated as one of the top 100 events in North America.

Nikon D100, 200 ASA, 34 mm focal length, 1/2.5 sec, f/5  04/17/2004 21:44 EST