Nuclear Explosion Photo

[OsmosisStudios]

Photo of a Nuclear Explosion Less than 1 Millisecond After Detonation

This might look like some kind of microscopic organism, but it’s actually a high-speed photograph of a nuclear explosion. It was captured less than 1 millisecond after the detonation using a rapatronic camera, which is capable of exposure times as brief as 10 nanoseconds (one nanosecond is one billionth of a second). The photograph was shot from roughly 7 miles away during the Tumbler-Snapper tests in Nevada (1952). The fireball is roughly 20 meters in diameter, and three times hotter than the surface of the sun.

[Tzetsin]

i wonder what kind of filters they used to keep the highlights from blowing out.

[cyber3d]

10 nanosecond exposure way back in '52 .... wow!

[SwissJon]

Wow.. That's really ummm.. I was gonna say "cool" but perhaps that's the wrong word!

[UlpilotSC]

Nuclear weapons are so awesome.... I can't believe we haven't been able to find an excuse to use them more often.

[ravncat]

There's a really haunting and beautiful collection of photographs of nuclear explosions called 100 suns printed by Michael Light (A master of printing, who also did a great collection of moon photographs)

I recommend it if you get the chance to look through it.

[Hutch]

Chuck Norris' on-camera flash unit.

Awesome pic, btw.

[Jonbar18]

Originally Posted by ravncat

There's a really haunting and beautiful collection of photographs of nuclear explosions called 100 suns printed by Michael Light (A master of printing, who also did a great collection of moon photographs)

I recommend it if you get the chance to look through it.

Do you have a link? A search just brought up places to buy the book....

[Shawn7656]

You know you're a photographer when...

Originally Posted by Tzetsin

i wonder what kind of filters they used to keep the highlights from blowing out.

I laughed so hard at that hahaha

[atmenterprises]

Originally Posted by Jonbar18

Do you have a link? A search just brought up places to buy the book....

Here you go:

MICHAEL LIGHT