During the Bun Bang Fai rocket festival, Thai residents launch enormous home-made rockets into the air to gain Buddhist merit and to celebrate the beginning of the rainy season. Getty photographer Taylor Weidman captured one of this year's festivals in the town of Yasothon in eastern Thailand.
Thai men cheer as their rocket takes off.
A monk watches small fireworks shoot off.
Thai men use a mixture of mud and condensed milk when preparing their rockets.
A Thai man prays before launching his rocket.
Teams of Thai men prepare their rockets to be launched.
A young Thai man cheers as his rocket takes off.
Hundreds gather to watch the rockets launch.
Thai team members cheer as their rocket takes off.
A rocket trails off into the distance.
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