8 Incredible Technicolor Images of Nuclear Fireballs

April 5, 2008 by sugali

This is, whilst awesome to witness is eerily frightening.

Continuing our nuclear theme this week, I thought it might be interesting to

showcase some of the most amazing images of destruction that man and nature

have ever devised.

Destruction can often be eerily beautiful. It can also remind us of how fragile

our existence is and how we mustn’t take it for granted. Below, in no particular

order are some of the most incredible pictures of nuclear explosions.

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Operation Tumbler Snapper US 1952

nuclear fireball
Operation Upshot/Knothole US 1953

nuclear explosion
Operation Upshot/Knothole US 1953

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Operation Ivy US 1952

operation buster 1951
Operation Buster-Jangle 1951 (US)

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Operation Greenhouse 1951 (US)

Operation Redwing 1956 (US)

on March 16, 2009 at 8:58 am Peter Rivard

Actually, modern weapons are smaller. Back in the day planners couldn’t be sure of dropping a warhead right on target, so they needed a multimegaton blast to be sure of destroying the target even if they missed by half a mile. With the improved accuracy of modern delivery systems, much less “boom” is needed to get the same result.
on April 6, 2008 at 1:45 pm i WordPress ›› Theme

horrible
on April 6, 2008 at 1:47 am sugali

Your description is totally right “insane”…It be interesting what the new nukes look like…really really creepy…
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on April 5, 2008 at 10:58 am pKay

Insane pictures! Hehe and those were from the 1950’s… I wonder if the amount of force and destruction has increased in the atom bombs of today? Maybe well find out soon enough ey ?!? … creepy!

Oh and btw your “free dictionary widgets” are an excellent sidebar filler …. Mind if I take a copy on my blog

Anyhow keep up the great work!
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