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SuchFriendsAreDangerous 06.21.2007 05:34 PM

Meanwhile baby wonders, whats a nuclear war?
 
Fishbowl Auroral Sequences - 7:50 - Color - Silent - BLUEGILL and STARFISH were high-altitude nuclear tests, part of Operation Fishbowl, conducted in the Johnston Island area of the Pacific Proving Ground in 1962. These tests produced auroral effects, a special feature of explosions where the extreme brightness of the fireball is visible at great distances. Within a second or two after the burst, a brilliant aurora appears from the bottom of the fireball.
The formation of the aurora is attributed to the motion, along the lines of the earth’s magnetic field, of beta particles emitted by the radioactive fission fragments. About a minute after the detonation, the aurora could be observed in the Samoan Islands, 2000 miles from the detonation. These auroras could be seen for approximately 20 minutes. The video shows footage of the auroras from Somoa, Mauna Loa (Hawaiian Islands) and Tongtapu (Tonga Islands) at various film speeds.

http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/films/...v/0800062a.wmv

SuchFriendsAreDangerous 06.27.2007 05:20 PM

30 views and not one response to a man made aurora?

!@#$%! 06.27.2007 09:26 PM

it's a motherfucker

don't you know?


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