"is the smoke/dust/whatever due to the heat of the explosion?"
Heat, and yes. That would be the result of the superheated incident wave. The wave being recorded is the reflected wave which catches up to the incident wave. The reflected is significantly faster than the incident and when it meets up with the incident they voltron into a combined wave front called the Mach stem. Pretty much a vertical force wall of you're doublefucked.
Though if you think this is bad look up Tsar Bomba. Shits nastybad. Be glad it was never used outside of testing.
Posted by Guest on Wed Jun 1 17:40:20 2011
I love watching stuff from countries with no police brutality protections.
Posted by A. Nony Mouse (guest) on Wed Jun 1 12:49:57 2011
is the smoke/dust/whatever due to the heat of the explosion?
Yes. It's a nuclear explosion. Hot as the mother fucking sun. The bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki vaporized people such that their "shadows" were permanently etched in the goddamn ground, walls, and sidewalks their were walking on/by. It's like an instant over 9000th degree sunburn.
The "smoke and dust" you see is a result of the initial thermal pulse from the detonation raising everything to its autoignition temperature (the lowest temperature where an object will spontaneously ignite).
The explosion looks in the neighborhood of 20-30 kilotons, and probably one of the Upshot-Knothole series conducted in Nevada.
Posted by Guest on Wed Jun 1 05:15:58 2011
"It will be a silent spring."
Damnit man, you know that voice was in my head when I read it. One of my fave units...the AI just never got it.
Posted by Anon (guest) on Wed Jun 1 02:52:41 2011
The one in the purple got the back of her head smashed before she hit the fence. Notice her head movement after she skims it.
Posted by Purple brain damage (guest) on Wed Jun 1 01:27:52 2011
There's a rapid transfer of heat that vaporizes everything in its path followed by an enormous shock wave. A bit like being in the presence of Courtney Love.
