Fireworks have become a wildfire liability in states and cities in the American West where persistent drought has turned lands into tinder. The alternative on July 4? In some places, drones.

That will be the case this year in Aspen, Colo., where the city is putting on a show with drones outfitted with LED lights instead of a fireworks display, said Debbie Braun, the president of the Aspen Chamber Resort Association.

“This year we realized it was a low snow year, so we realized we were going to be at risk,” she said. “So we started innovating, and that is how we came upon the drone show.”

City organizers, inspired by the drone show during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, arranged a show that will feature 50 drones with lights timed to music, staged from the surrounding mountains.