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images taken with specialized photography of the first few micro-seconds of a nuclear blast.

i am too lazy and grumpy today to find more relevant info for you (sorry). but these are sitting on my drive and it feels like the right day to post them up.

have a great weekend everyone!

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[-] sicjoke@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here’s some more info:

https://interestingengineering.com/science/filming-the-first-milliseconds-of-a-nuclear-explosion-with-the-rapatronic-a-1950-engineering-marvel

It was captured by a special camera called a Rapatronic, a camera system able to take photographs at a frame rate of 10 million frames per second.

[-] Jilanico@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Waiting for the day smartphones have rapatronic cameras because why not.

[-] Plaid_Kaleidoscope@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Dear Lord, imagine the flash. 💀

[-] Gregorech@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

How'd you get that burn?

I took a selfie....

[-] AWildMimicAppears@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wikipedia-Entry for the Rapatronic Camera

It is hard to imagine something expanding to 300 meters diameter in 0.025sec

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