Nuclear Detonation

[Thomas F Davis]

Not sure of the cause, but young supernova remnants show a similar structure in the ejectra,
My recollection of that photo is that the plasma showed spikes as it preferentially followed the tower legs and guy wires to the ground.  That is not seen in the astrophotographs!

--- On Fri, 1/21/11, Richard O'Neill <richardoneill at earthlink.net> wrote:

From: Richard O'Neill <richardoneill at earthlink.net>
Subject: Nuclear Detonation
To: "Tacos AMRAD" <tacos at amrad.org>
Date: Friday, January 21, 2011, 12:17 PM

 Decades ago I saw a picture of the expanding plasma from a tower mounted nuclear detonation. In addition to the then amazing ability to capture such an image I was curious about the dimples, clearly visible in the expanding ball of plasma. I've long wondered about their cause, assuming them to be an artifact of the placement/ timing of explosive charges surrounding the core, used to initiate the reaction. Anyone know more?

Richard
(and no Home Land Security - if you're listening, I don't want to build one) ;-)


On 1/21/2011 11:11 AM, Mike O'Dell wrote:
> there are two wonderful books which contains previously unclassified
> pictures and a comprehensive discussion of the techniques used
> to capture them. the titles are:
> 
> "How to Photograph an Atomic Bomb"
> and
> "100 Suns"
> 
> i highly recommend them for those interested in
> *ultra*high-speed photography and the force that drove development
> 
> 
>     -mo

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