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[–]stoned_kitty 31 points32 points ago

Is there like, a scientist here? Cause I have some questions about this...

  1. How far off the ground did the bomb detonate?
  2. What causes those five lines you see?
  3. What causes the series of rings that's between the ground and the ball?
  4. This is awesome...

[–]sumebrius 38 points39 points ago

Not a scientist, but I have answers!

  1. It's on top of a 300 foot (91 m) tower.
  2. The lines are the guy-wires for the tower. The EM blast shoots out faster than the fireball and superheats the ropes so hot and so fast that not only the ropes, but the air around them are instantly turned to fire.
  3. The ring you're seeing are just the support tower.
  4. Yes it fucking is. Also fucking scary. Man's ability to create this is amazing. His ability to use it is what makes it scary.

[–]impablomations 8 points9 points ago

His ability to use it is what makes it scary.

I would say his willingness to use it is even scarier!

[–]stoned_kitty 2 points3 points ago

Wicked cool man, thanks for the in-depth response!

[–]Doormatty 2 points3 points ago

FYI - The "name" for #2 is "Rope Tricks".

[–]goingnorthwestNyanyanyana 4 points5 points ago

I'm pretty sure the rings below you are talking about are the structure that the bomb was set on. I don't think they just detonate it directly on the ground. The lines to the side also look like some sort of man-made objects.

[–]stoned_kitty 1 point2 points ago

Is there a reason they don't detonate it on the ground? Like, would this mess up the test completely or something?

[–]ItsReallyJustAHorse 8 points9 points ago

It's a matter of efficiency of blast use. With it on the ground, almost half of the explosion is instantly reflected back up in to the air, affecting nothing. While with an above ground explosion, the entire thing creates what is essentially a blanket of bone melting fiery death, to put it simply.

[–]goingnorthwestNyanyanyana 4 points5 points ago

I would venture to guess so that they could see the extent of the explosion radius without the ground interfering. I'm no expert though, just speculating.

[–]DuncanGilbert 1 point2 points ago

Because then most of the explosion ends up in the dirt and not in your enemy's face.

[–]meatpod 2 points3 points ago

If I recall correctly, those things on the right are actually projectiles timed to shoot up milliseconds after the detonation, so the researchers could measure the force of the blast over a given distance by measuring the disturbance in the trails of the projectiles at certain times and their given distances.

something like that

[–]chaircrow 1 point2 points ago*

You're right; I was wondering and found this description (3rd paragraph)

edit: shot before the blast. i'm tired.

[–]star_quarterback 2 points3 points ago

Raleigh-Taylor instability.

That is all I am permitted to say.

[–]dude2k5 13 points14 points ago

We should "test" this again (underground or something) and tape it super slow motion. I want to see every damn frame.

[–]McKrafty 14 points15 points ago

That sounds like a great idea. ಠ_ಠ

[–]darklooshkin 5 points6 points ago

Yeah, it's been a while since we've let one of those bad boys fly.

[–]McKrafty 3 points4 points ago

That we know of.

[–]darklooshkin 5 points6 points ago

Yes, because it's so incredibly easy to hide megaton-range explosions from our satellite networks.

[–]McKrafty 2 points3 points ago

Under ground, under the ocean? Wait, you have a satellite network? Help a brutha out!

[–]darklooshkin -1 points0 points ago

Just go to the NSA website, type in "I_M_RETARDED" in the login name followed by 123456duh in the password box and BAM! You'll be the closest you're ever likely to get to accessing a spy sattelite network.

[–]Shadoni 2 points3 points ago

Not sure if joke, or serious... I think my hope is clouding my senses.

[–]darklooshkin 0 points1 point ago

Banish your emotions, young padawan, and pierce through the shroud of hope to reveal the truth without.

[–]mickeysf 8 points9 points ago

this testing is now done with the world's most powerful supercomputers in simulations under the guise of 'nuclear stockpile maintenance' Cray builds and sells $100 million dollar systems to Oak Ridge and other facilities to provide very granular simulations

[–]Klavonsky 9 points10 points ago

That shit cray

[–]InaneMembrane -5 points-4 points ago

i want to see what that ish looks like. i bet it is so WHOAAAA!

[–]sumebrius 3 points4 points ago

There was one nuclear test where they detonated the nuke underground (well, multiple tests, but this one has a story). They stuck it down the bottom of a mineshaft with a big, fuck-off heavy steel blast door over the top of the shaft. In the slowmo footage of the blast, the door was seen in only two frames, and it was never seem again. They estimate from the speed it was going that it got flung out into space.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

I'm calling bullshit.

[–]sumebrius 3 points4 points ago*

As is your right. However, I would like to refer you to Operation Plumbob.

[–]DemanRisu 5 points6 points ago

And I would like to refer you to a more in-depth article on the experiment, including a pretty solid reason why it didn't make it into space.

TL;DR:

"But the assumption that it might have escaped from Earth is implausible (Dr. Brownlee's discretion in making a priority claim is well advised). Leaving aside whether such an extremely hypersonic unaerodynamic object could even survive passage through the lower atmosphere, it appears impossible for it to retain much of its initial velocity while passing through the atmosphere. A ground launched hypersonic projectile has the same problem with maintaining its velocity that an incoming meteor has. According to the American Meteor Society Fireball and Meteor FAQ meteors weighing less than 8 tonnes retain none of their cosmic velocity when passing through the atmosphere, they simply end up as a falling rock. Only objects weighing many times this mass retain a significant fraction of their velocity.

The fact that the projectile was not found of course is no proof of a successful space launch. The cylinder and cover plate of Pascal-A was also not found, even though no hypersonic projectile was involved. Even speeds typical of ordinary artillery shells can send an object many kilometers, beyond the area of any reasonable search effort."

[–]stoned_kitty 1 point2 points ago

Has it ever been done?

[–]InaneMembrane 0 points1 point ago

this really does sound super awesome.

[–]thenameisjd 0 points1 point ago

One thousand times this.

[–]eatenbyfnord 10 points11 points ago

What is a Rapatronic camera? Sounds like a new genre of hiphop/electro.

[–]brown_felt_hatNyanyanyana 16 points17 points ago

I AM RAPATRONIC 2000.  I AM HERE TO ENTERTAIN

Yo my names Rapatronic and I'm hear to say, gonna lay some beats, the old school way

[–]Zovistograt 0 points1 point ago

YO MC RAPATRONIC ON DA MIC

[–]ResidueHow do fish party? Seaweed.[S] 11 points12 points ago

[–]sleepeejack 14 points15 points ago

Interesting how it closely resembles the sculpture at the site of the first controlled nuclear reaction: Nuclear Energy at UChicago.

[–]Chainblaze 5 points6 points ago

Kinda reminds me of a Metroid...

[–]goingnorthwestNyanyanyana 1 point2 points ago

I had opened a few links in new tabs and thought I had opened something from r/biology for a second.

[–]Grammar-Hitler 5 points6 points ago

I wish they'd do this in 720p.

[–]mctaco 4 points5 points ago

Nah man, you want 4K, it's the new.

[–]rozapSpace is deep 2 points3 points ago

If there was an image to represent death, this would be it. Not the grim reaper. But this thing.

Fuck this is scary.

[–]TheDietTaco 1 point2 points ago

Looks like a metroid...

[–]orbit8888 0 points1 point ago

WOW_WE

[–]HappyDays7 0 points1 point ago

I clicked the link before reading the description. I was pretty scared. I thought it was a deformed skull. But explosions are cooler.

[–]SpinozaDreams 0 points1 point ago

So, um, what are those spikes?

[–]HoochCow 0 points1 point ago

I'm completely at 0 right now and I fucking swear its moving when I stare into it.

[–]paulogy 0 points1 point ago

It reminds me of a starcraft2 overlord.

This resemblance and the darkness of the photograph is pretty damn spooky.

[–]kasa_blanca -1 points0 points ago

So that means there exists camera capable of surviving a nuclear blast.

[–]Saint947 9 points10 points ago

Uhhh.. Because telephoto zoom lenses surely didn't exist. (Fun fact: that's how this photo was taken)

[–]The-Sky 2 points3 points ago

And it was made in at least 1952.

[–]TheApathyJesus -1 points0 points ago

Metroid!

[–]mongster2 -1 points0 points ago

woah dude