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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Staring death in the face: Nuclear explosion captured one ten-millionth of a second after detonation is a warped, 100ft skull

During nuclear weapons testing in the early Fifties, one of the challenges facing the U.S. government was to design a camera capable of capturing a nuclear device mid-explosion.

The result, unearthed this week by blog Damn Interesting, was the 'Rapatronic' camera - an ultra-high-speed camera that sat seven miles from the blast site and captured images at high speed - including this image of an 100-ft ball of fire, one ten-millionth of a second after detonation.

The first millisecond of a nuclear explosion: At this point, the blast is just 20 metres wide. It was captured during a nuclear test in the Fifties

The first millisecond of a nuclear explosion: At this point, the blast is just 20 metres wide. It was captured during a nuclear test in the Fifties

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2073266/Nuclear-explosion-captured-millionth-second-detonation-warped-100ft-skull.html

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