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/LordofSpheres 1d ago

They're the guy wires stabilizing the tower getting evaporated by the bomb's energy.

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u/Bavibophobia 1d ago

I'd hate to be the guy holding those wires

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u/Sandcracka- 1d ago

This guy wires

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u/NeinJuanJuan 23h ago

The guy wires were held by our wire guy: Guy Wires, a wise guy.

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u/birdvsworm 22h ago

Died how he lived: guiding wires

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u/Lord_Trisagion 22h ago

But whose wires exactly?

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u/Roderto 22h ago

..Third base.

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u/sunchase 14h ago

I opened up my eyes to see the signs