Venting some Radioactive Steam!

Gallery of U.S. Nuclear Tests ^ | Me

[Cyber Liberty]

I think it's time for us to let off a little steam...specifically radioactive steam. To that end, I put together some images to look at.

I know many have slow dial-ups, so if you find that this thread is annoyingly slow to load, hit the "Stop" button. The images will stop loading, but th etext will continue. Where you see empty boxes, you can click in them. A new browser window will be spawned, and the picture (Often larger and with more detail, so you DSL folks may want to click even if you already see the picture) will load without any additional text. Enjoy!

[Cyber Liberty]

		Roebucks' "Fantasy Island" "Chia Pet!" A word about the Chia Pet: Cause of the surface mottling. At this point in the explosion, a true hydrodynamic shock front has just formed. Prior to this moment the growth of the fireball was due to radiative transport, i.e. thermal x-rays outran the expanding bomb debris. Now however the fireball expansion is caused by the shock front driven by hydrodynamic pressure (as in a conventional explosion, only far more intense). The glowing surface of the fireball is due to shock compression heating of the air. This means that the fireball is now growing far more slowly than before. The bomb (and shot cab) vapors were initially accelerated to very high velocities (several tens of kilometers/sec) and clumps of this material are now splashing against the back of the shock front in an irregular pattern (due to initial variations in mass distribution around the bomb core), creating the curious mottled appearance. Newspaper photo of Roebucks and Cyber Liberty This one's for Port Asbestos.... For our finale, Roebucks and I are heading downrange in this: Everybody hold tight, and stand clear. Put on your goggles... Tonight's final firecracker, right before Roebucks strikes the match... . Ahhhhhh! One final sunset... bin Laden's vaunted "bunker."

[Cyber Liberty]

Ping

[Nuke'm Glowing]

BTTT

[Cyber Liberty]

pong

[bloodmeridian]

bump

[Cyber Liberty]

pang

[Nuke'm Glowing]

And thanks, now I can finish my t-shirts...saved me a search for pics later on today!

[Cyber Liberty]

pung. Annie, I swiped your ping list...

[Cyber Liberty]

Didn't see your names in the ping list

[vmatt]

Ohhhhhhh, Ahhhhhhhhhh, eeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!! Oh, goodness I must go clean up.

[.30Carbine]

You came through. God bless you, buddy.

[Cyber Liberty]

You might want to click on the pics you want to use. Many of them will link you to larger, higher resolution pictures.

[75thOVI]

Beautiful snaps of "What we did on our vacaton in Afganistan." by the U.S. Armed Forces. "Peace Through Superior Firepower!" R. Nigh, 75thOVI

[Cyber Liberty]

Believe me, the pleasure is mine. I think I'll have a special DVD screening of "Trinity And Beyond" later today. It would almost be worth going to Best Buy and fetching a wide-screen, high resolution television.

[pgobrien]

ping indeed!

[StriperSniper]

Great 'shrooms man! Look at all the pretty colors, everything looks like it is melting.....Oh that's right it is!

[maxamillion]

Excellent pics... BUMP IT BABY

[Cyber Liberty]

'Shrooms will do that to you. I see it too, man....

[.30Carbine]

He is a bro'. Thank God for the Men of WFTD. Always coming through to protect the American Coquettes. Major kisses await you boys upon your return to class!