Posted: 5/7/2014 2:48:49 AM EDT
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Baker is one of my favorites, if you can have a favorite nuclear detonation. |
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The first microsecond of a nuclear explosion, as captured by Harold Edgerton, inventor of the strobe light, and pioneer of high-speed photography. I have no idea what the code name was. But check out the structures still visible at the bottom of the frame. And in the second picture, you can see the cables that tethered the bomb to the support tower.   |
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Shot Nuke Boy
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Shot Grable (May 25th 1953). It was a 15 Kiloton nuclear shell, fired from the M65 280mm atomic cannon which was nicknamed "Atomic Annie". I have a framed print of this hanging on the wall in here to my right. It's probably one of my favorite nuke shots of all time. |
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Since the test ban, it looks like this.... <a href="http://s37.photobucket.com/user/jfg_4/media/AC1541BF-3A06-4B1B-A3D7-A7FDAFE74EBC_zpsr8fopmgc.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e72/jfg_4/AC1541BF-3A06-4B1B-A3D7-A7FDAFE74EBC_zpsr8fopmgc.jpg</a> Yes it does - super computer modeling with many of the laser-induced fusion experiments. Nobody will ever sense a nuke the size of a pinhead going off. |
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And you can drive right into the crater of the underground test "Project Faultless" out past Rachel NV. Its a LONG drive to pretty much nowhere. Its a neat ,weird experience.
A while back I found some photos or video taken of inside the caverns created by the underground tests. If someone has some of those photos to post that would be appreciated. That is a spooky thing to look at. |
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Every atomic detonation time lapse
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| I know that here in Mohave County we had (and are still having) a lot of heath issues from 1950's-1960's testing in Nevada. Look up the Downwinders, very sad stuff. It's interesting, but I guess that's because it was before my time. I like to pick up Civil Defense stuff when I find it in the wild, and I'd love to visit the Atomic Testing Museum in Vegas one of these days. |
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We danced to this in the '60s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFUqh7uF1G4
Some today think it's kind of morbid, but you had to be there to understand. |
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I know that here in Mohave County we had (and are still having) a lot of heath issues from 1950's-1960's testing in Nevada. Look up the Downwinders, very sad stuff. It's interesting, but I guess that's because it was before my time. I like to pick up Civil Defense stuff when I find it in the wild, and I'd love to visit the Atomic Testing Museum in Vegas one of these days. That is well worth the visit. There is also one in albuquerque nm , that is also very good. |
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http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/url-17.jpeg Shot Grable (May 25th 1953). It was a 15 Kiloton nuclear shell, fired from the M65 280mm atomic cannon which was nicknamed "Atomic Annie". I have a framed print of this hanging on the wall in here to my right. It's probably one of my favorite nuke shots of all time. That was a cool piece of tech. I'd still love to meet the people who thought it was a good idea. 
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Awesome. But the author of that video should have said 'microseconds.' |
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The first microsecond of a nuclear explosion, as captured by Harold Edgerton, inventor of the strobe light, and pioneer of high-speed photography. I have no idea what the code name was. But check out the structures still visible at the bottom of the frame. And in the second picture, you can see the cables that tethered the bomb to the support tower. http://webodysseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/nuclear_explosion_05.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_m5x4jbxh4U/Tulh0gkrxSI/AAAAAAAAJCw/A2KQhe0Yakk/s1600/procyonbreakaway.sized.jpg I find these photos fascinating in a macabre, horrible, sci-fi way. I grew up in the era of "the day after" movies in the cold war. The prospect of humanity ever facing such weapons again makes me terribly sad. But like a train wreck, its impossible to look away at what horrible things mankind's created. |
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Quoted: My dad on board the USS Turner in 1946 enroute the the best fireworks show ever - Operation Crossroads. Wow Thank you!
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Sorry for the huge pic....cell phone. Post photos of Test Shots with names as well as vintage cartoons related etc. ETA: test shot Baker To get a perspective of the force involved, that dark vertical smudge on the right side of the "mushroom stem" is probably the battleship Arkansas. |
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To get a perspective of the force involved, that dark vertical smudge on the right side of the "mushroom stem" is probably the battleship Arkansas. Quoted:
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Sorry for the huge pic....cell phone. Post photos of Test Shots with names as well as vintage cartoons related etc. ETA: test shot Baker To get a perspective of the force involved, that dark vertical smudge on the right side of the "mushroom stem" is probably the battleship Arkansas. Arkansas was the closest ship to the bomb other than the ship from which it was suspended. The underwater shock wave crushed the hull on the starboard side facing the balst, and rolled the battleship over onto its port side. It also ripped off the two starboard side propellers and their shafts, along with the rudder and part of the stern, shortening the hull by 8 meters. At 171 m long, the battleship was three times as long as the water was deep. The Arkansas was apparently bow-pinned to the sea floor with its stern 106 m in the air. Unable to sink straight down in the relatively shallow lagoon, she toppled backward into the the spray column. High res pic http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Operation_Crossroads_Baker_Edit.jpg |
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http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/url-17.jpeg Shot Grable (May 25th 1953). It was a 15 Kiloton nuclear shell, fired from the M65 280mm atomic cannon which was nicknamed "Atomic Annie". I have a framed print of this hanging on the wall in here to my right. It's probably one of my favorite nuke shots of all time. Ft. Riley still has theirs on the hill overlooking the interstate. 
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