Fourth of July 2007

Fireworks go off over Long Beach.  (Lori Shepler / LAT)

Long Beach is aglow in fireworks.  (Lori Shepler / LAT)

Fireworks continue in Long Beach.  (Lori Shepler / LAT)

Fireworks go off near the Huntington Beach Pier.  (Christine Cotter / LAT)

Baseball fans watch fireworks at Dodger Stadium.  (Wally Skalij / LAT)

Huntington Beach is teeming with beach-goers on a hotter-than-normal Fourth of July.  (Christine Cotter / LAT)

Crowds packed Huntington Beach for the Fourth of July.  (Christine Cotter / LAT)

Fireworks rise over the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.  (Ed Betz / AP)

The U.S. Capitol and Washington Monument, rear left, are illuminated by fireworks.   (Haraz N. Ghanbari / AP)

Fireworks explode behind the clock tower of the Columbia County Courthouse during Fourth of July festivities Wednesday in Bloomsburg, Pa.   (Jimmy May / AP)

Spectators watch fireworks from a rooftop in the East Village neighborhood in New York City.  (Mario Tama / Getty Images)