Posts Tagged ‘on commission for the Atomic Energy Commission; circa 1952. Revealing the incredible anatomy of the first microseconds of an atomic explosion’
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Tags: 000, 000-of-a-second exposure, a-bomb, atomic bomb, AtomicBomb, ball, Bomb, bubbles, circle, Description: (curated) Atomic bomb explosion photographed by Edgerton and his colleagues at EG&G, e/, explosion, fireball, foam like, foamy, h, hedhsrtj, high-speed, Kaboomareeno, likely at the Nevada Proving Grounds, Nuclear, nuclear explosion, on commission for the Atomic Energy Commission; circa 1952. Revealing the incredible anatomy of the first microseconds of an atomic explosion, pp. 144-5). (CC) HEE-NC-52006, Rapatronic, rope trick, SPHERE, Stopping Time, taken from seven miles away with a lens ten feet long. The terrifying explosion caused lightning-like energy to descend the guide wires of the tower. (see "Stopping Time" (1987), this ominous fireball was documented in a 1/100
