Nuclear Vault | Operation Dominic Sunset (1962) @nuclearvault | Uploaded August 2020 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
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The camera angle on the July 10, 1962, Operation Dominic SUNSET test provides one of the most spectacular views of the one-megaton thermonuclear blast near Christmas Island in the Pacific Proving Ground. The brilliant fireball is seen just above a huge atomic cloud, then seconds later, ice rings begin to form above the fireball. An incredible view emerges as an ice cap forms above the ice rings. It is amazing that an explosion with such force can produce such a beautiful image.
With incredible color and slow-motion intensity, this short video graphically presents the torrential growth of a megaton explosion’s fireball forming into a huge mushroom cloud.
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The camera angle on the July 10, 1962, Operation Dominic SUNSET test provides one of the most spectacular views of the one-megaton thermonuclear blast near Christmas Island in the Pacific Proving Ground. The brilliant fireball is seen just above a huge atomic cloud, then seconds later, ice rings begin to form above the fireball. An incredible view emerges as an ice cap forms above the ice rings. It is amazing that an explosion with such force can produce such a beautiful image.
With incredible color and slow-motion intensity, this short video graphically presents the torrential growth of a megaton explosion’s fireball forming into a huge mushroom cloud.
