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user-inactivated  ·  1673 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Nuclear explosions

Ivy Mike is my favourite. Check out that dome. Trinity and Beyond is a good documentary in general if you're into this kind of thing. Also, it's crazy how despite being miles away they look like small explosions up close.





kleinbl00  ·  1672 days ago  ·  link  ·  
user-inactivated  ·  1672 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Castle Bravo is my second favourite. That went beyond bad number crunching. They straight up assumed lithium-7 was inert based on their knowledge at the time. At least they confirmed it wasn't through experiment.

kleinbl00  ·  1672 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's a tradition.

DOE compensates downwinders, but not downwinders from Trinity. Which includes my father's entire family.

Devac  ·  1672 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You added an extra zero to comment ID.

kleinbl00  ·  1672 days ago  ·  link  ·  

How the hell did I do that

Nice to see you by the way. Been wondering how you were doing.

mk  ·  1673 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ivy Mike looks like the end of the world.