CG Animated Short - The Butterfly Effect

I first saw that photo in the book _100 Suns_. Great book with photos of nuclear explosions - some instants after the initial blast (like this one) and others once the cloud had built. High recommendation...

http://www.michaellight.net/work100suns.html

Allegedly? This is in doubt, now?

:/

@Joseph -- yes, a bit. The source for this story is ultimately a portion of a Wikipedia article without a footnote. But I did find similar photographs from this nuclear test program in two sources on Google Books. That was as much fact-checking as I was willing to do, so I decided to insert the word "allegedly" into the text.

I don't recall any studies done on the troops who were positioned so close to some tests. I remember the "radioactive" firing position where you squatted to shoot your rifle with only your boots touching the ground.

Yea that's what it looks like, not the only photo out there. Note the 'spikes' showing out the bottom are from the tension cables holding up the tower being vaporized by the blast.

This always looked like the film or film emulsion was melting. Could heavy particles have reached the camera by this time and deformed the negative?

I'm sorry, but am I the only one that sees Metroid in this?

Can you imagine being the guy to push the button on the first ever atomic bomb test? In the beginning scientists were afraid the heat from the blast might set our atmosphere on fire.

@Tips -- yes, I've read that's called the "rope trick effect."