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POPSFrench Atomic Bomb Test Photos from 1968 Never-before-seen 40-year-old pictures of French atomic bomb tests have surfaced on the internet and they are simultaneously beautiful and terrifying. The epitome of historical human achievement and wanton destruction combined in one split-second. These are four scanned pictures of hardcopies I possess of the French nuclear test codenamed Canopus, which was fired on 24th August 1968 in the Fangataufa Atoll. The French army had those pictures taken on site. Full-size links: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 .
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POPSPhysics of the Impossible 'If this all sounds like pie in the sky, think again. After all, how would physicists 200 years ago have reacted if you'd told them about the internet, the atomic bomb or the moon landings? What would they have made of Einstein's theory of relativity?"
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POPSNagasaki : A Graphic Testimony by Yosuke Yamahata "The human memory, has a tendency to stray and the criticism to fade with the years with changes in lifestyle and circumstances. But the camera, capturing the reality of the time, brings us to the irrefutable facts that occurred seven years ago, without any makeup. Today, with the remarkable recovery of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, it is difficult to recall the past, but these pictures will continue showing in unequivocal testimony the reality of that time. " Yosuke Yamahata Photographer 1952
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POPSTunguska: 100 years of wondering 30th Jun was the hundredth anniversary of the Tunguska explosion. They think the answer might lie at the bottom of Lake Chelo. The rule of thumb is that a 100 metre asteroid equals a 100 mTon hydrogen bomb.
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POPSSarkozy tells Iran it faces attack over atomic program Wow. That came out of no where. I can not imagine what is going to happen. Gone are the days when, as Israel did years ago, someone can sneak in and just blow up their nuclear structures. And with China, N. Korea, Russia supporting Iran, they really have no incentive.
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POPSTime: Israel plans nuclear strike on Iran Is this what we want? I sure don't. Now that the democrats are in controll of the congress I guess Bush will just pass the buck to Israel. Oh God, this looks like Israel is looking to start WWIII
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POPSIran on Way to Atomic Bomb Capability: El Baradei Does he think we didn't know this? Does he believe we are idiots? The IAEA has a horrible history of minimizing the facts and risks. The organization is a sham. Anyone who gave them any credibility at all had their heads stuck in the sand! It & and the UN...partners in disinformation.
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POPS The Pleasure of Finding Things Out I would see people building a bridge and I would say ‘they don’t understand’. I really believed that it was senseless to make anything because it would be destroyed very soon anyway, but they didn’t understand that and I had this very strange view of any construction that I would see, I would always think how foolish they are trying to make something. So I was really in a kind of depressive condition. I think a lot of troops coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan will have PTSD or depression, not just because of the dangers of combat, but perhaps also because of terrible things they have done, or witnessed others do. (Torture, abuse, rape etc) It's imperative we fight wars with as high a degree of dignity and respect for human life as possible, not just for the sake of our enemies and civilians caught up in the crossfire, but also for the long term sake and health of our own too. Guilt is a terrible thing to live with. Speak out against torture.
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POPSColor Coded Beards - Terror Alert • Orange Mayhem • Atomic Pink • Nuclear Red • Napalm Orange • Purple Smoke • Cherry Bomb • Banner of the Prophet • Virgin Rose • Paradise Blue • Pitch Black
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POPSthe Tunguska event On June 30, 1908, a ball of fire exploded about 6 miles (10 kilometers) above the ground in the sparsely populated region, scientists say. The blast released 15 megatons of energy—about a thousand times that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima—and flattened 770 square miles (2,000 square kilometers) of forest. The basin of Lake Cheko is not circular, deep, and steep like a typical impact crater, the scientists say. Instead it's elongated and shallow, about 1,640 feet (500 meters) long with a maximum depth of only 165 feet (50 meters).
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