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 donniedarko rated 8 months ago- From the Page: "Harold 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 ...
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- donniedarko rated 8 months ago
- From the Page: "Harold 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."
The blast is so powerful it causes lightening to pass down the steel wires, where the sand is turned to glass. Absolutely incredible.
- akmaahamed2005 rated 8 months ago
- From the page: The desert floor was turned to glass
Now that's fascinating.. never thought about it..
 Peu rated 8 months ago- well, so this is stolen almost verbatim off of two other sites. Also, lightning is not what the protrusions are, they are called 'rope tricks.' it is thermal radiation (light) quickly heating and expanding the support ropes. The thermal radiation travels outwards faster than the 'ball' of the explosion, which is why there are protrusions.
- shwick rated 8 months ago
- I've never even imagined what happens in the heart of a nuclear explosion. Very interesting photos.
- mrmotinjo rated 8 months ago
- yay rapatronics :P
- Queensowntalia rated 8 months ago
- Amazing, fascinating photographs. Never seen the like.
- Phetal rated 8 months ago
- these are quite impressive.
- Fatallyours rated 8 months ago
- i wish there were more.
- scapeartist rated 8 months ago
- A millionth of a second after an atomic blast.
- clundg rated 8 months ago
- Interesting photos but slightly inaccurate as they cannot be a series from the same detonation. The camera discussed did exist, and was built by Harold Edgerton. But the camera did not operate through a traditional shutter because the mechanics of such a high speed shot are so limited. Because of this, they would not be able to advance the film to another frame to take another picture nanoseconds later. More likely separate tests.
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