This Sunday night, people in Japan will be treated to a fireworks display of the likes the world has never seen before. What makes these fireworks different than those we see here in the States on the 4th of July? Well, these fireworks will be going off in space.

A 28-foot-tall rocket will be launched at around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday night from JAXA Uchinoura Space Center in southern Kyushu. As it arcs across the sky, it'll leave clouds of lithium in its wake, creating a light show as bright as the moon that'll be seen for miles around. It'll make three deposits in total before plummeting into the Pacific ocean. It sounds a lot more expensive than traditional fireworks, but leave it to the Japanese to go all out with their light shows. — Adam Frucci

Asahi, via Pink Tentacle