Anniversary of the Mushroom-shaped-cloud
Yesterday (July 16th, 2005) marked the anniversary of the first nuclear explosion. The first test was conducted at the Trinity test site, New Mexico (USA) in 1945. During the explosion, a 40,000 feet high mushroom-shaped cloud was formed and the blast was seen from almost 250 miles away. All life forms within a 10 mile radius were vaporized. The A-bomb was born!.
A-bomb
This was the beginning of the "Manhattan project" which ended with 2 Japanese cities being destroyed during WW II. That was the only occasion where an A-bomb was used for military reasons against a nation.
We have come a long way from that first explosion. The atom and the nuclear power has been associated with mostly beneficial uses - nuclear energy and nuclear research (world over), but sometimes for threats (N. Korea) and at times for lies (search for WMDs).
This year, thousands of people visited the site of the explosion. Nothing remains there, of course.
True story: today while I was returning back home from the beach, I saw some rain-bearing clouds (hey!, it's Florida!) resembling a mushroom.
Lets hope that the only mushroom shaped clouds we would see in the future are real clouds.
A-bomb
This was the beginning of the "Manhattan project" which ended with 2 Japanese cities being destroyed during WW II. That was the only occasion where an A-bomb was used for military reasons against a nation.
We have come a long way from that first explosion. The atom and the nuclear power has been associated with mostly beneficial uses - nuclear energy and nuclear research (world over), but sometimes for threats (N. Korea) and at times for lies (search for WMDs).
This year, thousands of people visited the site of the explosion. Nothing remains there, of course.
True story: today while I was returning back home from the beach, I saw some rain-bearing clouds (hey!, it's Florida!) resembling a mushroom.
Lets hope that the only mushroom shaped clouds we would see in the future are real clouds.
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posted by tt_giant at
9:39 PM
10 Comments:
true hopefully the only mushroom shaped clouds v c will be only in tests or in pics,
but nuclear bombs act as a detterant, i believe,
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ada-paavi!!!!, at July 16, 2005 11:40 PM
vatsan: Did you know that Einstein was forced by fellow "immigrant scientists" to write a letter to FDR for encouraging research work in building the bomb?. After the bombings, he said "I could burn my fingers for writng the letter".
so much for peace!
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tt_giant, at July 17, 2005 8:23 AM
Thanks for the info....
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Adaengappa !!, at July 17, 2005 9:26 AM
Thanks TTG for letting me know.! I didn't know about the anniversary.
And let us hope so..! ( Though I doubt it.!) that it will never be used again.
I read about the problems with life even today at Hiroshima/Nagasaki.!
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Narayanan Venkitu, at July 17, 2005 11:11 AM
Adengappa, Narayanan: You are welcome!
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tt_giant, at July 17, 2005 12:29 PM
First time here !! Good article and pic
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Unknown, at July 17, 2005 10:14 PM
Nice pic...Hiroshima taught us limitations of science (low moral values and ethics). Hope this won't happen again in future.
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Kasthuri, at July 18, 2005 2:39 PM
Jayan: Welcome!!
Srini: Yea.. hope there is no more of that. i recently learnt that India has a "no first use" policy when it comes to nuclear warfare.. interesting..
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tt_giant, at July 18, 2005 2:50 PM
incidentally, yesterday (17th July) was the 10th anniversary of halting of 5 day brutal attack of Serbs in a Bosninan Village.
did you get enough TV coverage on it?
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Ram C, at July 18, 2005 6:09 PM
Ram: Is it?. Thanks for letting me know. *sigh*.. so much killing in the name of religion. When I went to cape canaveral, I saw some clips of the earth from the space. We are soo small when compared to the rest of the universe. So.. what is it we are trying to prove??
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tt_giant, at July 19, 2005 8:05 AM
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