A tiny explosion

Explosion is a sort of very fast burning. So in this reaction an organic substance was dropped on a crystalline strong oxidizer inside the melting pot. The burning was very fast and strong as you can see at this pictire, the burst of fire was similar to mushroom, and the sound was almost as a real explosion's one.
Taken with Canon EOS-1Ds, Zuiko OM 100/2.0 ED and Hensel Contra studio flashes.

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