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It created a fireball 5 miles in diameter, destroyed all buildings up to 34 miles away, and could give 3rd degree burns to people 62 miles away. I can't even c
by tdicola 14y ago
It created a fireball 5 miles in diameter, destroyed all buildings up to 34 miles away, and could give 3rd degree burns to people 62 miles away. I can't even comprehend how one bomb could do so much damage.
- pooriaazimi 14y agoKeep in mind that they dumbed it down quite a bit! It was 100 Megatons initially but they reduced it to only 50 Megatons "to reduce nuclear fallout (and also to prevent the blast from destroying the drop aircraft)". It was more that 50 years ago. Now...
- Greynum 14y agoActually there is also an atmospheric limitation. I think the Limit is somewhere in-between 50 megatons and 100. Basically if the explosion was any bigger it would leave the atmosphere into outer space so there is no point in making it any bigger.
- lloeki 14y agoits ground zero is readily findable by sight on Google Maps: http://goo.gl/maps/w9teB http://goo.gl/maps/w9teB Notice the scale by zooming out ever so slightly. Also, time scale, because it happened decades ago. This has to be the only man-made destruction that can bee seen with the naked eye from space.
- four12 14y ago"This has to be the only man-made destruction that can bee seen with the naked eye from space." No, you can see Los Angeles from space.