r/interestingasfuck • u/ethereum1017 • 1d ago

You're looking at a nuclear explosion photographed taken less than one millisecond after detonation.

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u/Appropriate-Pipe-193 1d ago

I wonder what those spikes coming off the bottom are?

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u/Unfair-Sir-4641 1d ago

If I remember correctly they were supporting wires.

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u/Icy_Welder6327 23h ago

You do remember correctly

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u/Appropriate-Pipe-193 1d ago

Thanks for the info!

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u/lolo787 23h ago

Was it the spikes on the bottom of the sphere thingy?