Willow in the Moon

This is in principle a combination of a daylight and a night shell. This is a kind of Poka containing a flare of high intensity and smoke stars of realgar composition. The smoke streams look white rather than yellow at night when they are illuminated by the flare(s.5).  

This gains its name from its appearance as a charcoal ball. This is manufactured by coating a black powder type composition many times on an ordinary and rather small shell. During the coating process pieces of hemp are wound around the sphere for reinforcement. This is quite labour intensive, but the effect is very pretty (Fig. 4.8). The fuse of this shell is apt to misfire due to the absorption of moisture during coating, and some device is necessary to avoid this. 

Shells of this type are quite popular in Europe and the USA. The shells are cylindrical and resembles Japanese Poka shells in principle. The process of assembly may be understood in the following figures (Fig. 116 and 117).  

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Willow in the Moon Willows which hang down in the still moon light. 

But there are some fireworks which aim at only the relief effect. One of the extremes is the "Willow in the Moon", where an intensive flare illuminates the background which consists of many streamlines of smoke ... 

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