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Storax Sedan (yield 104 kt) - the explosion created a crater 98 meters (320 feet) deep and 390 meters (1,280 feet) wide by displacing 12 million tons of soil. (Look to the size of the roads in the bottom-right of the picture, and the observation deck at the lower-right edge of the crater, for a sense of scale)
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Storax Sedan (yield 104 kt) - shallow underground nuclear test conducted by the United States on 6 July 1962 at Nevada Test Site. The main purpose of the detonation was to asses the non military dimension of a nuclear explosion.
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This is the Sedan Crater at the Nevada Test Site, where the government tested atomic weapons between 1951 and 1992. The crater was created in 1962 as part of the Plowshare program, which researched the possibility of using nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes. Proposals for Plowshare included using bombs for excavation (hence the Sedan test). Government officials wanted to use bombs to dig a new Panama canal, and also to excavate a harbour in Alaska. Other potential uses including mining for oil.
The radiation produced by the bombs was one of the issues that caused the US government to abandon the idea, but the Russians are said to have gone ahead with their own program, using nuclear bombs for different purposes including creating dams.
Trinity Test (yield 19 kt) - Worlds first atomic bomb detonated by the U.S. at Trinity site in the southern New Mexico on 16 July 1945. Fast-rising incandescent cloud produced by explosion illuminated the skies. More information on the test: bit.ly/vdgceh
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Nuclear Explosion
via a beach in Barbados and Photoshop !
"On the Beach" is a great book by Nevil Shute, set in AUSTRALIA, during a Nuclear War, when the end is coming closer and closer.
It's illegal to collect trinitite. After cleanup decades ago and many thousands of visitors since then, I doubt there's much of any trinitite to be picked up any longer, anyway.
An Atomic Bomb explodes at Frenchman's Flats, near Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1953. When they were going to test a bomb, they would let the people in Las Vegas know so they could all go out and watch it from far away at the hotels. It was a favorite attraction.
© Art by Sherrie Thai of Shaire Productions.
This handmade poster was sent off to the Stick Me Hard 2 Street Art Exhibition at Musma Gallery in Belgium. Topic: The Worst Case
The Sun is setting in the sea behind Mykonos island in the distance.
There is a south wind storm. See more squalls of the 'sorocco' wind in my blog.
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George Drown was born at Orange, MA on 3 November 1899. He enlisted in the Navy in 1920 and served as an Aviation Machinist’s and Carpenter’s Mate. He received training at the Newport, RI Naval training Station and subsequently served at the Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA, NAS San Diego, NAS Coco Solo, CZ and NAS Ream Field. During his career he was assigned to Naval Torpedo Squadron Two (VT-2B), Patrol Squadron Seven (VP-7F), Composite Squadron Forty (VC-40), Carrier Service Unit Thirteen (CASU-13) and on the USS Saratoga (CV-3), USS Wright (AV-1), and USS Badoeng Strait (CVE 116). He retired from active duty on 15 August 1944 after twenty-four years of continuous service.
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
George Drown was born at Orange, MA on 3 November 1899. He enlisted in the Navy in 1920 and served as an Aviation Machinist’s and Carpenter’s Mate. He received training at the Newport, RI Naval training Station and subsequently served at the Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA, NAS San Diego, NAS Coco Solo, CZ and NAS Ream Field. During his career he was assigned to Naval Torpedo Squadron Two (VT-2B), Patrol Squadron Seven (VP-7F), Composite Squadron Forty (VC-40), Carrier Service Unit Thirteen (CASU-13) and on the USS Saratoga (CV-3), USS Wright (AV-1), and USS Badoeng Strait (CVE 116). He retired from active duty on 15 August 1944 after twenty-four years of continuous service.
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive