Guinness World Record For World’s Largest Aerial Firework Shell

One of this year’s biggest New Year’s Eve firework displays came from Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. Guinness World Records were on hand to record the launch of the world’s largest firework into the record books. The previous world record, held by Japan since 2014, is a 1, 204 pound shell with a diameter of 48 inches. This new record saw a 2,200 pound shell, with a diameter of 56 inches launched into the sky over Al Marjan island by a 7 metre mortar, weighing 15,000 pounds and buried 4 metre