pyrotechnics chez narasimhan

check it out:

the video is of a floating lantern sudi brought back from thailand -- basically a big tissue paper hot air balloon, powered by a slice of a roll of toilet paper suspended at the bottom and lit on fire. the thing carried on for quite a bit after the video cut off -- eventually it looked just like a bright star in the night sky, and then it twinkled out.

here's the same thing on an incredibly massive scale in chiang mai, thailand. whoa.