This is one of my favourite nuclear shot footages. It shows very clearly the expanding firball, how the shockwave bounces off the ground, and how it lifts it all up into the fireball to create the mushroom cloud.
@Teej666
Жыл бұрын
Same! The way the cloud creeps up, like it's a skull or something, just shifting shapes. 💀
@mryhdy6266
Жыл бұрын
Fully agreed. One thing though just came to my mind. I see the trails the rockets leave, and I understand their purpose. What is surprising is they hardly move. At the same time there is footage from other tests where it seems like an orcano is blowing a house away, or a forrest. Why is the same not with thses rocket trails being so close to the detonation??
@maksphoto78
Жыл бұрын
@@mryhdy6266 I saw some footage of them shifting by the blast wave. Others I guess, were too far away?
@mryhdy6266
Жыл бұрын
@@maksphoto78 If i look at the winds blowing at greater distance it is hard to fathom they are left at all.
@FSAPOJake
10 ай бұрын
This same exact bomb was used as the primary phase in Shrinp, AKA Castle Bravo. That's right. This massive explosion is the miniscule little starter phase used to get that thermonuclear bomb going.
@technologic21
2 жыл бұрын
Wow. The shockwave hits the ground, bounces back up and lifts all the ground debris with it.
@maksphoto78
2 жыл бұрын
The textbook nuclear explosion.
@paveldybowicz6089
9 ай бұрын
So that's what propels the fireball up so fast, holy shit. I never realized that the shockwave actually bounces off of the ground. I thought it was just the thermal convection.
@Nighthawke70
2 жыл бұрын
Test: Climax Time: 11:15 4 June 1953 (GMT) 04:15 4 June 1953 (local) Location: Nevada Test Site (NTS), Area 7 Test Height and Type: 1334 Foot Airdrop Yield: 61 kt B-36 bomber air drop, the detonation was 172 feet west, and 232 feet north of the designated ground zero. This was a proof test of the Mk-7 high yield, light weight fission bomb. The diameter of the bomb was 30 inches, making it suitable for external carriage by high speed fighter-bombers. The predicted yield of this device was 50-70 kt, and the actual yield (61 kt) was the highest of any U.S. continenetal test up to this time. The Mk-7 was the lightest and most compact implosion bomb design yet developed, and its implosion system - a composite COBRA core in a Type D pit - was later used as a primary in several high yield thermonuclear devices in the Castle test series. The complete bomb was 30.5 inches wide and 183 inches long, and weighed 1840 lb. The implosion system weighed 900 lb and used the more powerful Cyclotol 75/25 in preference to the Composition B used in most bombs at that time.
@rtqii
3 ай бұрын
The fallout pattern from this shot and from shot Harry in the same series (Upshot Knothole) were nearly identical. Same wind directions, same fallout patterns. Both fallout clouds passed over St George, Utah.
@Grover91
Жыл бұрын
By far the most spectacular shot of all.👌
@jayc2469
2 жыл бұрын
What an Explicit view of that Shockwave, led by the precursor, also clearly visible. It certainly is a _Money Shot!_ showing all the juicy bits haha
@jasonnielsen5436
2 жыл бұрын
now that is AWESOME!!!!!!!!
@Red-rl1xx
2 жыл бұрын
That's really cool!
@raanan_ynze_de_jong
2 жыл бұрын
those standing waves... wish there were shots from directly above showing the wave pattern around the kern...
@operator_dnb
2 жыл бұрын
woooooow such a great demonstration
@calipdis2
Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite blast
@MichaelEliChristensen
4 ай бұрын
Set it to 2x for real time footage
@Toxic2T
Жыл бұрын
So unreal. Awesome
@zLobsterRus
2 жыл бұрын
Can you see that one smoketrail rocket that took off just after shockwave? Was it intended or was it just a faulty one?
@phdnk
2 жыл бұрын
faulty
@CreativeWarrior-
2 жыл бұрын
Great shot!
@phdnk
2 жыл бұрын
The three smoke trails on the right almost disappear at 00:11 Why ? Incident shock is already gone, reflected shock only touches the fireball is yet to reach line of sight to the trails. What causes those three smoketrails to go dark?
@jerrywatt6813
Жыл бұрын
The lines going up are smoke trails from test rockets each with a test package for data that's relayed to ground test stations !
@phdnk
Жыл бұрын
@@jerrywatt6813 this reply is obvious & useless as Jerrys
@Andy-jd2un
8 ай бұрын
hush
@d.h.1999
Жыл бұрын
"Oh, hi Mark!"
@andrewparker318
Жыл бұрын
Was this shot in color film, or has the footage been given an orange tint in post?
@krisrhebergen
5 ай бұрын
I believe the lenses were polarized in order to effectively shoot the fireball.
@andrewparker318
5 ай бұрын
@@krisrhebergen That still doesn't explain if it was shot in color or not, but thanks though :)
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