Huge Nuclear Fireball in slow motion, Operation Teapot - Turk 1955

Canal Arequipa - Perú.
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[bigrob]

This footage is absolutely stunning. It is also absolutely horrifying.

[Night_Night]

I've never watched a fraction of a second for three minutes before.

[Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

Damn, it looks like the sun crashed into the ground

[vincea]

For those curious, the erupting "tentacles" are due to support lines for the drop tower carrying the explosion's energy faster through it's more densly packed atoms as opposed to the much more empty air around it. So insane at how fast matter is being accelerated and heated to cause such an effect.

[watchmakingman]

I feel like I'm seeing something that no one is ever supposed to see because it's not supposed to exist.

[jeroendesterke]

These spikes (tendrils) are caused by the cables steadying the high tower on which the bomb has been mounted. The energy starts to run down these cables before the heat vaporizes what's left of them.

[MrTee-hwmp]

Probably the most jaw-dropping nuke footage of all time. The rope-trick adds to the menacing appearance with a “spiked fireball” effect.

[bigdoopy]

this might be one of the most terrifyingly beautiful videos ive ever seen

[chrisloUSA]

It still blows my mind that humans can recreate such powerful forces of nature here on Earth, this is literally a man made sun.

[igus]

The amount of energy released is close to the energy my dog has when i take her on a walk.

[guswindsor]

It's scary how mesmerizing and eerily beautiful the fires of destruction are

[Demidar]

imagine the filter on that lens, it must be like a welding glass

[BlackOwl]

Soundtrack - at the foot of the sphinx - twin musicom

[aplato]

When I was in high school one of my teachers was at one or more of these tests as a soldier... The amount of stuff they WERE NOT told these tests was mind-boggling.

[Asynthetic]

WW3: So you want to see this "beauty" in person?

[Gallivanter]

When someone tries to brighten your day with a little sun shine but takes it too literally.

[MrPyroguru]

The music is frightening and makes a person realize the sheer terror of these weapons.

[duanescot]

The recent Beirut explosion is terrifying as you can somewhat, as a human being, wrap your mind around the amount of power in that blast, nuclear explosions are another world... Almost inconceivable power behind such a thing

[Delboy]

"I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

[cypheir]

Thanks, but really, thats the most obscene watermark in history.