Space Fireworks to Celebrate Bonfire Night (Photos)

Stellar fireworks display for Guy Fawkes Night, celebrated on Nov. 5.
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Space Fireworks to Celebrate Bonfire Night (Photos)
11/4/2011
Updated:
10/2/2015

Also known as Guy Fawkes Night, Bonfire Night is the annual commemoration of Nov. 5, primarily in the United Kingdom.

It is a tradition originating from the events of Nov. 5, 1605 when Guy Fawkes, part of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested for his part in attempting to blow up the House of Lords in London.

To celebrate the fact that King James I survived this assassination attempt, people lit bonfires around the capital city, and later it became an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot’s failure.

Enjoy these space photos as part of the celebrations!

<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/10/romancandle.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1868934" title="ROMAN CANDLE: Space Shuttle Discovery rockets into the blue sky during mission STS-121, spewing foam and smoke over the ground, on mission on July 4, 2006. (NASA/Sandy Joseph, Robert Murray)" src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/10/romancandle.jpg" alt="ROMAN CANDLE: Space Shuttle Discovery rockets into the blue sky during mission STS-121, spewing foam and smoke over the ground, on mission on July 4, 2006. (NASA/Sandy Joseph, Robert Murray)" width="590"/></a>
ROMAN CANDLE: Space Shuttle Discovery rockets into the blue sky during mission STS-121, spewing foam and smoke over the ground, on mission on July 4, 2006. (NASA/Sandy Joseph, Robert Murray)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/10/spacerocket.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1868936" title="SKYROCKET: An arc of light illuminates the sky at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California as a Delta II rocket launches with the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft payload on Oct. 28. (NASA/Bill Ingalls)" src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/10/spacerocket.jpg" alt="SKYROCKET: An arc of light illuminates the sky at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California as a Delta II rocket launches with the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft payload on Oct. 28. (NASA/Bill Ingalls)" width="590"/></a>
SKYROCKET: An arc of light illuminates the sky at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California as a Delta II rocket launches with the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft payload on Oct. 28. (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/10/sparkler.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1868938" title="SPARKLERS: Thousands of sparkling young stars nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603 in the Carina spiral arm of the Milky Way, about 20,000 light-years away, like a starburst cluster. (NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage)" src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/10/sparkler.jpg" alt="SPARKLERS: Thousands of sparkling young stars nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603 in the Carina spiral arm of the Milky Way, about 20,000 light-years away, like a starburst cluster. (NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage)" width="590"/></a>
SPARKLERS: Thousands of sparkling young stars nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603 in the Carina spiral arm of the Milky Way, about 20,000 light-years away, like a starburst cluster. (NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/10/bonfire.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1868940" title="STELLAR BONFIRE: Dramatic image of the energetic star WR124 surrounded by hot clumps of gas being ejected into space at speeds of over 100,000 miles per hour. (NASA/Yves Grosdidier (University of Montreal and Observatoire de Strasbourg), Anthony Moffat (Universitie de Montreal), Gilles Joncas (Universite Laval), Agnes Acker (Observatoire de Strasbourg))" src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/10/bonfire.jpg" alt="STELLAR BONFIRE: Dramatic image of the energetic star WR124 surrounded by hot clumps of gas being ejected into space at speeds of over 100,000 miles per hour. (NASA/Yves Grosdidier (University of Montreal and Observatoire de Strasbourg), Anthony Moffat (Universitie de Montreal), Gilles Joncas (Universite Laval), Agnes Acker (Observatoire de Strasbourg))" width="590"/></a>
STELLAR BONFIRE: Dramatic image of the energetic star WR124 surrounded by hot clumps of gas being ejected into space at speeds of over 100,000 miles per hour. (NASA/Yves Grosdidier (University of Montreal and Observatoire de Strasbourg), Anthony Moffat (Universitie de Montreal), Gilles Joncas (Universite Laval), Agnes Acker (Observatoire de Strasbourg))
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/10/catherinewheel.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1868942" title="CATHERINE WHEEL: Expanding debris cloud from the explosion of a massive star, identified as supernova remnant E0102-72, about 190,000 light-years away in the neighboring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud. (X-ray - NASA / CXC / MIT / D.Dewey et al., NASA / CXC / SAO / J.DePasquale; Optical - NASA / STScI)" src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/10/catherinewheel.jpg" alt="CATHERINE WHEEL: Expanding debris cloud from the explosion of a massive star, identified as supernova remnant E0102-72, about 190,000 light-years away in the neighboring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud. (X-ray - NASA / CXC / MIT / D.Dewey et al., NASA / CXC / SAO / J.DePasquale; Optical - NASA / STScI)" width="590"/></a>
CATHERINE WHEEL: Expanding debris cloud from the explosion of a massive star, identified as supernova remnant E0102-72, about 190,000 light-years away in the neighboring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud. (X-ray - NASA / CXC / MIT / D.Dewey et al., NASA / CXC / SAO / J.DePasquale; Optical - NASA / STScI)
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/10/firecracker.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1868944" title="FIRECRACKER: Colorful streamers float across the sky from the titanic explosion of a massive star. Its remains are called Cassiopeia A, the youngest known supernova remnant in our galaxy, 10,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. (NASA-MSFC)" src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/10/firecracker.jpg" alt="FIRECRACKER: Colorful streamers float across the sky from the titanic explosion of a massive star. Its remains are called Cassiopeia A, the youngest known supernova remnant in our galaxy, 10,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. (NASA-MSFC)" width="590"/></a>
FIRECRACKER: Colorful streamers float across the sky from the titanic explosion of a massive star. Its remains are called Cassiopeia A, the youngest known supernova remnant in our galaxy, 10,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. (NASA-MSFC)