is that lightning around the spherical detonation in #2??
Operation Ivy Mike, 65 years ago today. 10.4 megaton American nuclear test, first full verification of the Teller-Ulam H-bomb design.pic.twitter.com/JWi0KPclhp
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I’d love to know how they recorded the data from the tubes attached to the device. Given the tech at the time, must have been impressive
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The "light tubes" connected to huge, long tubes full of helium, so that the radiation could outpace the blast wave to a recording bunker.pic.twitter.com/5x2zohzhLO
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I was more interested in what recorded that radiation wave. With primitive computers and a event time in picoseconds it must have been neat
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Hey. The shot in upper righrlt quadrant... l haven't seen it before and it is awesome. Where did u find it?
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Gotta love an enormous dewar flask filled w/liquid dueterium!
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Compton effect lightning, electrons moving at great speed ahead of the fireball front, produced enormous currents: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248791515_An_Empirical_Study_of_the_Nuclear_Explosion-Induced_Lightning_Seen_on_IVY-MIKE …pic.twitter.com/Xk71Go4ihz
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I think
@NuclearAnthro would say that makes this the perfect opportunity to throw them a retirement party!#lickthebombThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Review 10.4 MT Mike test,1 Nov. (Enewetok) 1952. Col. Richard Lunger radioed from H-19. Carey Wilson narrated reviewhttps://youtu.be/KW83Ezmau38
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Be careful about the timing of the film. A 1st attempt at aftermath photos was turned back by high radiation around the shot island.
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Isnt today the anniversary of Able Archer too
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