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New declassified footage of nuclear bomb tests

Lord Antares
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The US army has just declassified and scanned some old footage of atomic bomb test which were on the brink of becoming unusable.

 

Here is the playlist:

 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvGO_dWo8VfcmG166wKRy5z-GlJ_OQND5

 

I thought some of these might be interesting for you from a physics perspective, especially the one detonated high in the air, which shows a uniform fireball followed by some interesting physics.

 

This last one looks especially mesmerizing to me:

 

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