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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/04/wxpv0gibjgjy4gclnggw.jpg?quality=75960540As a kid, you couldn’t care less about what was inside the firecrackers that your parents wouldn’t let you play with. All you cared about was BOOM. But the chemical mixtures inside those colourful capsules are fascinating to look upon, as proven by the photographs of Andrew Waits.