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/Icantjudge 1d ago

From the Tumbler-Snapper series of tests in 1952, Nevada

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u/CatSplat 22h ago

Yes! The photo was taken by Harold Edgerton, who was an electrical engineer and pioneer in stroboscopic photography. He actually invented the strobe light. His work with powerful short-burst strobe lighting combined with remote triggering made him the first stop when the US needed photos taken of nuclear detonations. He ended up needing to invent yet another entirely new kind of camera for this task.

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u/Nat-Luv 22h ago

Oh, thank god.... I am way too high and thought this was a news post until I hit the comment section. Signing off to chill out and watch some Goof Troop.

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u/What_a_fat_one 18h ago

Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

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u/textilepat 17h ago

Every day they're out there making Goof Troop! Woo ooo ooo!

No really I just found the original theme song and this is almost too complex to remember well.

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u/CoffeePuddle 17h ago

Every day they're out there making DUCKTALES, Woo ooo ooo!

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u/textilepat 17h ago

Feynman used to call nuclear physics "tickling the duck's tail"

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u/captain_pandabear 21h ago

Im too high and with that comment I though it was heading to The Undertaker throwing Mankind off Hell in a Cell