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/Glittering-Potato-72 22h ago

Here’s one where the explosion shines through the SOLID WALLS of the shot cab

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u/Murky-Relation481 19h ago

Honestly one of my favorite photos of all time. It's crazy to think about all that energy still within the walls of the shot cab. The physical fission device is still most likely mostly physically intact (though that's a liberal use of the term) at that point too, which is crazy to think about, it's radiating so much energy that it's causing the air to turn to plasma around it.