1,000,000,000th of a second after a nuclear explosion

[White Cuban]

thats so cool and beautiful :)

can i buy one?

[HawkMan]

I'd LOVE to see a photo of a desert turned to glass :D

-Rich-

The shockwave would pretty much crush it after the heatwave made the glass surface.

[fr33k]

Rope trick effect

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_trick_effect

someone uploaded trinity and beyond

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user...h_query=trinity

Edited October 5, 2008 by fr33k

[ViZioN]

Many apolgies if this has been posted before but I just came accross it.

They were taken by the legendary Harold Edgerton in the Nevada desert at a range of 7 miles at 1/1,000,000,000th of a second, at night. These 3 pictures show the first 3 milliseconds of an atomic bomb detonation.

should that not be nanoseconds?

Nice pics :)

[Shibby]

I suggest you watch the 1980's BBC movie Threads. It's pretty depressing, it's about nuclear war. But still the pictures are pretty amazing.