Priscilla shot Oper. Plumbbob 32kt balloon. love the fiery smoke ring in the cloud! @AtomicAnalyst @NuclearAnthropic.twitter.com/FeawZomaP2
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IKR?!? May want to bring
@wellerstein in to ask about Priscilla vs Grable as well?http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2014/12/01/mushroom-clouds-strange-familiar-fake/ …
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@atomcentral USMC vet Tom Saffer describes being on the ground for Priscilla: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/episodes/fallout/saffertranscript.html … -
Thought Priscilla expected yield was 40kt Was this not case?pic.twitter.com/aIV5Et37kM
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32-37 kt out of expected 40kt is my understanding
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In article USMC Saffer said they expected 14KT & act yield 37kt took them surprise..
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Saffer may have misremembered the yield. He observed several tests.
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or they were actually closer than they should have been Fascinating account either way! Enjoyed!
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I tend to think a 2x+ yield overshoot w/that many troops involved would have been more commented on?
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Compare with Grable — (note smoke trail just visible in last one!)pic.twitter.com/xhjRqjAmDf
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good call. Grable and Priscilla both have similarities. DoE often gets confused.
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Good time to note LANL's reanalyzing old films to glean new data.http://www.lanl.gov/discover/publications/national-security-science/2015-july/cold-war-films.php …
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I actually did that digital manipulation to pull out shockwave. I'm working on project.
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They pay me, they can take the credit. Interesting images to work on, can't reveal.
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Such a tease! Well, taxpayers paid for those films, so we should be able to see them.
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thank you for the clarification!
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