Bright lights, big booms on the Strip — PHOTOS

Fireworks explode over the Strip in Las Vegas as seen from ghostbar at the Palms hotel-casino on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip in Las Vegas as seen from ghostbar at the Palms hotel-casino on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip in Las Vegas as seen from ghostbar at the Palms hotel-casino on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip in Las Vegas as seen from ghostbar at the Palms hotel-casino on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip in Las Vegas as seen from ghostbar at the Palms hotel-casino on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip in Las Vegas as seen from ghostbar at the Palms hotel-casino on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip in Las Vegas as seen from ghostbar at the Palms hotel-casino on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip in Las Vegas as seen from ghostbar at the Palms hotel-casino on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip in Las Vegas as seen from ghostbar at the Palms hotel-casino on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip in Las Vegas as seen from ghostbar at the Palms hotel-casino on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip in Las Vegas as seen from ghostbar at the Palms hotel-casino on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip in Las Vegas as seen from ghostbar at the Palms hotel-casino on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip in Las Vegas as seen from ghostbar at the Palms hotel-casino on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip in Las Vegas as seen from ghostbar at the Palms hotel-casino on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip in Las Vegas as seen from ghostbar at the Palms hotel-casino on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Fireworks explode over the Strip in Las Vegas as seen from ghostbar at the Palms hotel-casino on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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