Atomic Journeys Cannikin test (Large atomic bomb in Alaska)

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Amchitka, one of a string of the Aleutian Islands in the southwest region of Alaska was selected by the US Atomic Energy Commission to be the site for 3 underground detonations of nuclear weapons. The tests were: Long Shot, an 80-kiloton blast in 1965; Milrow, a 1-megaton blast in 1969; and Cannikin in 1971, at 5 Mt, was the largest underground test ever conducted by the United States. The tests were highly controversial, with environmental groups fearing that the Cannikin explosion, in particular, would cause severe earthquakes and tsunamis.

Sequence is from the film "Atomic Journeys - Welcome To Ground Zero" which is available from AtomCentral or purchase the DVD or download through Amazon.
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This is my favorite. Utterly frightening.

mr.sprumford
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This is some of the best footage on the DVD. Crazy stuff. Most people have no idea these even happened.

xray
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Well, the shockwave made the ground raise 20 feet above ground zero, and left ground zero forever raised 5 feet higher than usual, so my best guess would be a yes.

USMCraft
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That's an impressive restoration of the original footage.
This sequence is actually a medley of 3 tests: Long Shot (85 kt instrument calibration of the site), Milrow (1 megaton), and Cannikin (4.9 mt). Long Shot begins and ends the clip.
When Greenpeace lost the legal battle to halt the test in the US Supreme Court, the government lawyers quickly phoned Nixon, who then cabled AEC commissioner Arthur Schlesinger to fire the bomb at the test site. Epic legal history.

Graviton
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They did some real crazy shit back in the day

realbrandonb
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The scariest thing is the weird trumpet sounds the detonation makes! I wonder what causes it?😮

RadagonTheRed
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“The day the US government decided to turn off gravity.”

augustosani
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It was a 5 MT explosion. One mile deep.

dawidwarszawski
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Hell, there was more devastation when my underground septic tank backed up and exploded on my double-wide. 😂

michaelkennedy
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That is some crazy shit man Makes Earth jiggle like Jello Damn!

thesouthforlife
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It's so weird watching the crust move in those ways

silasbaird
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The effects at 0:21 reminds me off the special effects in some animes. Where stuff lifts off the ground.

Ama-hikn
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I have never seen this one before, its amazing

stargaming
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1:02 the camera does NOT concur with Man.

NotAboutTheClicks
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Me clearing my colon after a night of Taco Bell.

thlord
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It flashes at t=0. It indicates detonation.

puncheex
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1 thing to say about this: Oh. My. Goodness.

pz
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VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION, Why when a thermonuclear device is detonated the initial fireball is not very bright and only about 1 second later the "bright" scenario occurs, compared to a pure fission bomb emits a very bright flash instantly after detonation????
Please try to respond if possible.

TheBalloon
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Imagine being the camera man from the ground just having your camera on the ground before getting flung up and floating 30 feet in the air

thebiggestoofbob
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Isn't that how Earthworm Jim came to be?

HiAdrian