🦅 Give me liberty or give me lidar

July 4, 2026

By Kim Komando

The Fourth of July used to be about lighting things on fire and hoping nobody’s uncle lost a thumb.

Now it’s drones. Lots of drones. This video opens with a Benjamin Franklin stunt double surveying rows of electricity’s neediest children. The juice is worth the squeeze. They rise into the sky and become glowing rockets, iconic flag-raising scenes and a bald eagle screaming freedom in 4K.

@skyelementsdrones via Instagram

Fireworks had smoke, noise and danger. Drone shows have choreography, batteries and Disney-after-dark energy.

We had Sky Elements on the show this weekend. They hold 17 Guinness World Records. They’re replacing fireworks shows with drones for America’s 250th anniversary. 

Watch their drones in action here. Amazing work!