Oct 2, 2012
Testing nuclear explosives underground for use in excavation, 1962
A look at the creation of the Sedan Crater…
Related: Nuclear explosion .016 seconds after detonation
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Oct 2, 2012
A look at the creation of the Sedan Crater…
Related: Nuclear explosion .016 seconds after detonation
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Scary. I’m all for using nuclear technology as a power source, but we have created the ultimate destructive evil with the nuclear bomb. That being said, I wonder how deep the device was buried to dig that hole?
It’s only the ultimate destructive evil until the new ultimate destructive evil comes along…
The switch to banjo music at the end of the video was an interesting editorial decision.
Agreed – the clip started out with music similar to that of “Planet of the Apes,” then ended with some tunes reminiscent of “Deliverance.” Odd.
*Old timey pickin’*
Down in the little cart they went gleefully shrieking, “Yay! Irradiated wieners and brains!”
The analog countdown, the heavily dramatic music, the hair on the one camera lens — the mirepoix of 60′s science films.