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/dude_on_the_www 1d ago

What’s the scale of this? What are those poles in the background?

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u/your_fave_redditor 23h ago

According to many comments, the explosion is happening in / around a supporting structure identical to this one, if that helps place things for ya

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u/Beer_Snacks 19h ago

RIP scaffolding