Closeup shot of a nuclear explosion in action

[gremcint]

http://obscuruslupa.tumblr.com/post/...-m-mad-madness

someone put this on tumblr and I'm linking it with a couple comments for the cool scientific commentary.

[AccountingDrone]

One of Rob's uncles is in this trench.


And yes, that is a nuke going off in the upper right hand corner of the picture.

[XCashier]

That is scary as hell, particularly the bit where the telephone poles boil away.

[Deserted]

If you look, there are all kinds of interesting images & videos of fireballs floating around the www. For example, Wikipedia has one taken a small gasp after detonation.