India, July 5 -- Large crowds of people gathered at Lower Manhattan and across the city to witness the 50th year of Macy's Fourth of July fireworks and celebrate America's 250th birthday. This year, the fireworks show featured more than 85,000 shells and effects. It also featured a laser and light show for the first time.

Stunning videos of the fireworks have surfaced on X.

"Holy cow! I have always been a fan of Macy's fireworks every year for many years. Tonight there was a big party in Nashville and the fireworks after the concert were the absolute best I have ever seen! I was mesmerized!" one video is captioned.

Another video reads, "Definitely worth the heat exhaustion".

"At approx 11:59, we FINALLY got our fireworks extravaganza....