«Mohawk» thermonuclear test, 360 kilotons, 90 m tower, Eniwetok Atoll. 3 July, 1956. High speed photos. First milliseconds. (hexbear.net)

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[-] btfod@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The tower's guy wires being vaporized/plasmafied

[-] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

Holy shit, makes sense but crazy also.

[-] btfod@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

Yeah pretty wild. Titanic amounts of energy loosed with no aim, no mind, just pure raw power dumping into the nearest matter unlucky enough to be in the path. Terrifying.

The mottled surface of the fireball in the last image and the way it looks like a navel orange really messes me up, too. Like this is cursed shit to which humanity should not bear witness.

[-] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

Yeah I think you nailed it. Definitely feels like forbidden knowledge, or like breaking some cosmic rule. The weird organic bubble thing is sorta stomach churning.