Photos of the First Few Microseconds of an Atomic Blast

[VenomXt]

http://www.rapidnewswire.com/atom.htm?a=true

Ever wondered what an atomic blast looks like before it obliterates everything around it? Before the smoke, the mushroom cloud, the devastation, it's really quite amazing to see the first few fractions of an atomic bomb upon detonation.

Edgerton built a special lens 10 feet long for his camera which was set up in a bunker 7 miles from the source of the blast which was triggered Nevada - the bomb placed atop a steel gantry anchored to the desert floor by guide wires. The exposures are at 1/100,000,000ths of a second.

Due to the extremely high shutter speeds, the image quality and color depth is limited in these photos.

Automatic Camera situated 7 miles from blast with 10 foot lens. Shutter speed equaled 1/100,000,000 of-a-second exposure.

With energy so great, the electric like energy runs down the towers guide wires and turning the desert floor to glass.

With a planet of fire, Joshua tree's near the base get vaporized in just microseconds.

 

[Aprox]

wow..... *jaw drops*

That's really awesome! I have a video laying around of an atomic artillery shell, has some video of stuff being dissolved, its really cool. I will see if I can find a net link somewhere.


EDIT:

Here is a link to the video
http://bmrengineering.com/Nuclear_Cannon.mpeg

And more info on the actual cannon

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m65.htm

 

[VenomXt]

Wow nice video.

 

[madmatt]

Now that's impressive. Just imagine what those would look like with today's technology.

 

[omg its nlm]

wow that is very intersting!

 

[Grandmaster]

Saw that a few days ago...very interesting stuff

 

[bobsalot]

take it the peeps filming it all died of radiation eh?

 

[VenomXt]

nah. it was a small explosion in comparison with the nukes of today. and they built a 10 ft long lense to take those pics.

 

[bobsalot]

oh rite. thanks for the info. great find.