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[–]Trapped_in_Reddit 12 points13 points ago

For those curious, the "fingers" travelling down from explosion are the vaporization of the support wires for the structure holding the bomb.

The fireball is already over 20 meters across in this photo, taken about one millisecond after detonation.

[–]EtGE 2 points3 points ago

1 millisecond after detonation and it's already 20m across?

Damn, that's ridiculous. Really helps understanding the release of energy going on though.

[–]superkickstart 0 points1 point ago

Thats about 10km/s. A very fast fire!

[–]shaard 0 points1 point ago

I thought I read in a previous post that someone said that those smoke trails were actually the launch trails of rockets that had been sent into the atmosphere to record data on the explosion from different altitudes.

Can anyone corroborate that?

[–]tinlo 2 points3 points ago

The vertical smoke trails to the right are from rockets, the protruding energy bursts are the support wires vaporizing. See how they all angle towards a common point?

[–]shaard 0 points1 point ago

OH! I stand corrected as to what I was looking at! thanks!

[–]RFswitchBlade 2 points3 points ago

It's a metroid!

[–]bagelpirate 1 point2 points ago

That's amazing.

[–]I_am_the_Jukebox 1 point2 points ago

SCIENCE!

(no, really...it is.)

[–]SirLawrenceSummers 0 points1 point ago

Everything's science.

[–]iliketolurk99 0 points1 point ago

That's really cool!!

[–]Streetlight02 0 points1 point ago

How was this photograph taken?

[–]Ghostalker474 0 points1 point ago

Probably a super high-speed camera, triggered to start at detonation.

[–]Streetlight02 0 points1 point ago

How did it survive the blast?

[–]RedAero 0 points1 point ago

Far away.

[–]Ghostalker474 0 points1 point ago

Telescopic zoom. It was the military, they always have the best stuff.

[–]jp_lolo 0 points1 point ago

i see the devils face

[–]CondomsAndSnakes -5 points-4 points ago

Now someone needs to photoshop in a devil face and redistribute this picture over the interwebs