What is the real size of a hydrogen bomb explosion?

Famous tallest buildings VS hydrogen bomb tests.

We all know that the nuclear explosion is enormous, but it's hard for us to grasp the real size of it. This video compares three explosions of hydrogen bombs of different yields to the 146 m tall Great Pyramide of Giza, the 330 m Eiffel Tower, the 443 m Empire State Building, the 540 m Ostankino Tower and the 829 m Burj Khalifa - the world's tallest structure. I used archival films of Soviet nuclear tests, digitized in high resolution. The video is made for educational purposes.

[alecsb]

I love these videos. They give me so much perspective that i was hungry for as a kid wondering how huge these vaguely huge these nuclear tests were. Please make more

[NotoriousBaxIsOnline]

See that’s honestly a scary sight, cause imagine one moment you’re chilling at your house, then next moment you’ve suddenly combusted into flames, you’re blinded by light, and once you get your vision back all you see are the Heavens splitting apart right before your eyes.

[timothyhouse]

Soviet tests always looked so menacing.

[jordanmicahcook]

As many video's as I've seen of footage, this really helped me realize the true enormity of the explosive yields.

[flyhigh]

2719 ft structure in comparison to a nuclear bomb seems quite small.

[Ironman-js]

0:51 I need this lamp for my studies 💀

[dkdid]

according to nukemap the buildings should be smaller

[borntoclimb]

Pretty impressive, nice comparsion with the buildings

[dxvidmcgurk]

This was only 1 megaton??!!! It really gives a greater perspective on how gigantic the Tsar bomba was with 50 megatons!!

[snezzzen]

The only building I saw myself was the Ostankino tower. he is huge. but nothing against these fireballs.This video is a very special work, thank you!

[deepchillzone]

finally someone did a Size comparison of nukes...maybe do also of the US nukes

[Guilherme-jipo]

worse than any simulation that I've ever seen on the internet

[Omar_AlWardian]

The CN Tower in Toronto Canada is 543m. Second tallest.

[josephsheranda]

Imagine being a pitch man for nuclear weapons:

"Those pesky urbanites got you down? Tired of inner-city decay? Well fret no more, friend! Just look at this video! One bomb and the city's gone!"

[ProLansPl]

> comrade, can we have another sun?
> we have sun on the testing ground
> the sun on the testing ground:

[spuwho]

The Tsar Bomba fireball had a flat bottom because the shock wave was so strong it was reflecting off the ground below and distorting it. Like pushing a balloon onto a table. All these years later, they are having some issues at this ground zero now. The detonation shock wave pushed the rock down and compressed it. Now it is decompressing and it has tremors every so often as the rock pushes back up. Also the water that was irradiated (the melted ice) and then refroze after the blast site temperature returned to normal, is starting to melt again due to rising temp cycles on the island. Irradiated water has started to flow away from outside the blast crater. It will be hundreds of years, perhaps a thousand or so, before this site is safe.

[peterjackson]

Love that Soviet footage - captures the triple flash on the second one.

[alexsander]

Tsar's fireball was 8 kilometers in diameter

[onetruekeeper]

Amazing that so much power comes from such a small device. The Tsar bomb could fit inside a old soviet bomber.

[liamanbull]

i understand why they tested so many i would have been addicted to this experience of awe and insignificance