Nuclear Detonation

[Robert E. Seastrom]

That's the "rope trick", and it involves IR moving faster than the
shock wave, and lighting the support cables on fire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_trick_effect

I think the dimples are something entirely different.

-r


Thomas F Davis <tfdavis at snet.net> writes:

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>  Not sure of the cause, but young supernova remnants show a similar structure in the        
>  ejectra,                                                                                   
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>  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!                                                                          
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>  --- On Fri, 1/21/11, Richard O'Neill <richardoneill at earthlink.net> wrote:                  
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>                 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                                              
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>            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?                                              
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>       Richard                                                                               
>       (and no Home Land Security - if you're listening, I don't want to build one) ;-)      
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>       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:                                                    
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>       > "How to Photograph an Atomic Bomb"                                                  
>       > and                                                                                 
>       > "100 Suns"                                                                          
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>       > i highly recommend them for those interested in                                     
>       > *ultra*high-speed photography and the force that drove development                  
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>       >     -mo                                                                             
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