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i spent new years eve in a chilean beach town called valparaiso. i was told before i arrived there that it was famous for a big street party along with cracking fireworks display, and i wasn't disappointed. well, the only disappointment came when i arrived at the beach and realised that i left my mini-tripod back at the apartment. this meant that i had to improvise and use my shoe to balance my camera, so the pictures were nowhere near as impressive as the fireworks that were launched from different ships out in the harbour. this started at midnight and lasted for over half an hour. about eight hours later was when the partying finished - but to quote vince noir that's another story for another time.

i combined elements of four photos to put this together - here's the original