Rope Trick Effect

[Sedalia Dave]

Rope Trick Effect

 

First few miliseconds after detonation.

 

 

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Nuclear explosion photographed less than one millisecond after detonation. From the Tumbler-Snapper test series in Nevada, 1952, showing fireball and "rope trick" effects. The fireball is about 20 meters in diameter in this image

 

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Photographs of nuclear tests often show numerous vertical rope-like lines to one side. These are typically created by small sounding rockets launched a few seconds before the firing, leaving smoke trails. The purpose of these trails is to record the passing of the now invisible shock wave, which causes an obvious visual effect on the smoke by compressing the air into a lens. This is not necessarily related to the rope trick effect in any physical way, but it is possible to confuse the two in some photographs. In the photograph of the Tumbler-Snapper test (at the top of this article), the smoke trails are faintly visible in the lower-right corner.

 

 

 

 

 

[Sedalia Dave]

These recently declassified nuclear test videos are mesmerizing

 

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For example, watch how the fireball grows down along the test tower and guide wires during the initial states of the Tesla shot during Operation Teapot. This test took place on March 1, 1955 in Nevada and was just 7 kilotons—a mere firecracker compared to later thermonuclear devices.

 

 

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A week later, as part of the same test series, there was the Turk shot, a 43-kiloton test also conducted in Nevada. During the first few milliseconds of the explosion, you can actually see the intersecting shockwaves.

 

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One word of warning, however. Be careful of falling too deep into the nuclear test video YouTube hole; last night I discovered there are people out there who think some of these tests were actually an attempt to crack the celestial dome that covers our flat Earth...

 

[Whiskey Hicks]

2 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:

These recently declassified nuclear test videos are mesmerizing

 

 

 

 

 

Careful, they might discover you work for NASA.