Map of July 4 Tweets Shows Twitter Had Its Own Fireworks Show

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A map of fireworks-related tweets on July 4, 2014.

Image: Twitter/CartoDB

By Brian Ries2014-07-05 15:11:11 UTC

It looks like Twitter had its own version of a fireworks show on July 4.

Mashable teamed up with Twitter and cloud-based mapping platform CartoDB to show how Americans celebrated Independence Day — while they watched fireworks, naturally — as the sun went down across the United States.

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When the rockets began to explode — in New York City, Nashville, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles — mentions of "fireworks" on Twitter exploded, too.

Watch the time in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. As it approaches sunset at around 8:30 p.m., local time, America lights up with fireworks.

We also looked at the top tweets that mention "fireworks." Congrats, Neil deGrasse Tyson. You win again for dropping a little science on us all. Click the circles to see who had some of the best July 4 tweets this year.

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Topics: fireworks, july 4, maps, Twitter, U.S., US & World