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Fireworks exploding over Sydney Harbour
December 31, 2020

Midnight Fireworks

Twenty tons of fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour at midnight, ringing in the year 2000. The cover story for the August 2000 issue celebrated the city as it hosted the Summer Olympics.
Photograph by Annie Griffiths, Nat Geo Image Collection

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