Nuclear Explosion

buffoonery4U · 2012-09-02T12:12:24+00:00

As absolutely horrible as these things are, they sure are beautiful.

PaganAng3l · 2012-09-02T14:44:49+00:00

"I know not what weapons World War III will be fought with, but World War IV will use sticks and stones" -Einstein

SeriousMoad · 2012-09-02T15:07:49+00:00

"If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one ..."

"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." - J. Robert Oppenheimer, "Father of the Atomic Bomb"

Link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26YLehuMydo

They knew what they had created. This wasn't a rover landing, with dozens of scientists and physicists cheering to see the completion of a project. This test was the harbinger of death and desolation for thousands.

SushiPie · 2012-09-02T13:59:02+00:00

How much bigger is the first one compared to the other ones? The cloudthing from the first one is freaking huge

edit; fuck i'm stupid

Inv1ctus118 · 2012-09-02T15:58:45+00:00

This is what's scary about nukes today compared to Hiroshima. http://www.fastcodesign.com/multisite_files/codesign/imagecache/inline-expanded/post-inline/1-nuclear-bomb-power.jpg

Ramify · 2012-09-02T15:01:56+00:00

Source?

mycatiskai · 2012-09-02T15:16:28+00:00

A Time-Lapse of Every Nuclear Explosion From 1945-1998

yoggi92 · 2012-09-02T14:46:04+00:00

Well that cleared it up.

szczys · 2012-09-02T14:55:01+00:00

This makes me think of Trinity and Beyond. It's a collection of all the atomic bomb test footage.

It's on Netflix streaming

susarejap · 2012-09-02T14:40:56+00:00

Why do they always look like mushrooms?

REDBULLgivesUupvotes · 2012-09-02T13:58:58+00:00

I always get a slight feeling of anxiety/panic whenever I see pictures/videos of a nuclear explosion going off, like part of me thinks it's actually happening and there's nothing I can do from this point to escape the blast.

EDIT: this also looks like it could be a commercial for cauliflower, advertising how explosive their brands flavor is or something.

funny_penis · 2012-09-02T12:09:58+00:00

that reminds me of

JoshSilver · 2012-09-02T14:40:57+00:00

At first I thought it was a montage of separate explosions before I realized it was just one...

Shweet.

pcfuzzoff · 2012-09-02T14:46:43+00:00

Does anyone have the frames for these pictures? They would make a great background.

exorbitantwealth · 2012-09-02T14:16:50+00:00

These are some of my favorite images. I even have that first one as my facebook cover photo.

Chuckles44 · 2012-09-02T14:55:02+00:00

well now i know how to make sure the weather is good for a wedding, party or bbq

turns those grey skys blue right quick

Tzanthor · 2012-09-02T15:16:19+00:00

Pepsi_next. Front page everyday, guaranteed.

parkerbailey · 2012-09-02T15:19:52+00:00

It is amazing and terrible the amount of destruction humans can create.

souldrone · 2012-09-02T15:27:06+00:00

Beautiful..... oh yes...

IPM817thc · 2012-09-02T15:28:13+00:00

For anyone really interested in the photographic merit of images like these, do your self a favor and get {one of my favorite photography books by Michael Light}(http://www.michaellight.net/work100suns.html)

necrambo · 2012-09-02T15:33:13+00:00

I like how at first it blots out the sun, then becomes the sun :)

dynamicturtle · 2012-09-02T15:48:21+00:00

This is a 5 year old iPhone wallpaper.

SlashSarcasm · 2012-09-02T15:48:22+00:00

Simply awesome

SrPeixinho · 2012-09-02T15:48:45+00:00

What distance was this recorded? Would it still kill someone at that distance?

bwieland · 2012-09-02T15:48:46+00:00

Last frame looks like penis.

6th_horseman · 2012-09-02T15:52:32+00:00

Can someone explain that pillar? They usually explode fairly high in the air, but why doesn't the burst expand from there instead of creating this pillar towards the ground?

turbofast · 2012-09-02T15:53:05+00:00

*beep* *beep* WTF? AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO

QuadwellDaven · 2012-09-02T15:56:52+00:00

tick tick tick tick tick

l-rs2 · 2012-09-02T16:04:00+00:00

I still want to get the coffee table book 100 Suns by Michael Light.

417guydangerous · 2012-09-02T16:06:44+00:00

I feel bad for the ground that sees a nuke coming straight for it.

FuTRoN · 2012-09-02T16:09:18+00:00

besides the ridiculous destryction thatcwould be an amazing sight

cat_not_rabbit · 2012-09-02T16:10:28+00:00

the picture progression matches the ticking of my clock. Made me feel so insignificant thinking that I would be dead in split second of that time.

extreme999 · 2012-09-02T16:18:58+00:00

I had the first pic on my desktop for few months now.
all the missed karma :(

Adnoz · 2012-09-02T16:19:37+00:00

Awesome... such raw power.

luke-ie · 2012-09-02T16:25:10+00:00

why is everything dark in the first picture?

wholestoryglory · 2012-09-02T16:30:15+00:00

That first shot is hell, everyone.

adamZOMGhuit · 2012-09-02T16:31:13+00:00

French Polynesia, right?? Love this one!

dljuly3 · 2012-09-02T16:31:40+00:00

If you have the stomach for it, I encourage everyone here to read Black Rain. It's a novel based around what happened directly after the bombing of Hiroshima. These weapons' explosions are beautiful, but the aftermath is horrific.

tomit12 · 2012-09-02T16:35:27+00:00

One of the things that drives home how powerful these things are is looking at the clouds above early in the explosion, followed by the clouds anywhere near it just being completely gone.

professorfox · 2012-09-02T16:45:05+00:00

These are remastered pics right? Not newer pics? If not, when were they taken?

SimonSays_ · 2012-09-02T16:49:24+00:00

I've always thought that the first picture was fake...

weston127 · 2012-09-02T16:49:54+00:00

Its odd. So beautiful yet so destructive.

Overlord0994 · 2012-09-02T17:00:54+00:00

I used this for my science project and I couldve gotten karma for it? ...

armymon · 2012-09-02T17:02:11+00:00

bikini atoll?

bobsomeguy · 2012-09-02T17:02:51+00:00

As horrifying as these weapons are, at least it taught the industrialized world one important lesson; we can't do this shit anymore because we have finally gotten way to good at it.

skyraider17 · 2012-09-02T17:03:51+00:00

I've never seen any of the pictures beyond that first one, pretty cool to see - never really thought about it overwhelming the sunlight like that

whatitslike · 2012-09-02T17:07:40+00:00

Now where can I get one?

theskimaskway · 2012-09-02T17:08:01+00:00

On a much grander scale, supernova explosions give off about 1044 joules of energy, which is about ten octillion (1028) megatons of TNT, equivalent to the explosive force of a quantity of TNT a trillion (1012) times the mass of the planet Earth.

spellchekcer · 2012-09-02T17:11:42+00:00

You spelled nucelar wrong.

mica720 · 2012-09-02T17:24:14+00:00

Why didn' t megaton look this good?

Flandrakpain · 2012-09-02T17:24:59+00:00

Is that one of the French bomb tests?

niceShepherd · 2012-09-02T14:22:18+00:00

It's called 'nucular'...

lyrelad93 · 2012-09-02T15:01:23+00:00

It's so dam bright initially. Pure energy release, beautifully lethal.

haxxeh · 2012-09-02T16:00:25+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9AMtUeyDP0 nothing like the Tsar Bomba

honest_ed · 2012-09-02T14:40:56+00:00

fun facts about this bomb: this was a 50 megaton hydrogen bomb named Tsar Bomba (King of bombs) tested by the Russians in 1961. It is the largest explosion ever made by man. the blast was so powerful that windows were broken over 1000 km away in Norway and Sweden. the shockwave was still measurable on its third pass around the earth. the mushroom cloud rose up to 64 km, that is nearly 8 times the height of mount everest. the heat was so intense, that even at 270 km away, one would receive third degree burns from it. this is the bomb that ended nuclear testing.

edit: every fact I wrote about the tsar bomba is correct. however this is not it, but you can see how similar they look here:. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxD44HO8dNQ

charlieADAMS · 2012-09-02T14:26:18+00:00

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