For most of us BOOM, KABLAM, KABLOOIE mean a mushroom cloud and a cute little animated turtle talking about ducking and covering – as well as the possible End Of All Life As We Know It.
But not every monstrous explosion began with J. Robert Oppenheimer saying “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds”… Even putting aside natural blasts such as the eruption of Krakatoa (which was so massive the sound of it was heard as far away as London), the Earth has still to be rocked by more than it’s fair share of man-made, non-atomic BOOMs.
“A U.S. Navy “Trident” missile goes awry shortly after a test launch from a submarine off the coast of Cape Canaveral several years ago. The missile exploded shortly after this photo was taken. There was no injury to the submarine or its crew… The submarine captain, watching the test through the sub’s periscope, was reported to have been mesmerized for several hours.”
Explosion of 2 tons of ammonium nitrate, commonly used in demolition.
“A Titan IV-A rocket explodes on the morning of August 12, 1998, loaded with a billion-dollar, top-secret “Mercury” spy satellite. The explosion occurred 40 seconds after launch at an altitude of about 20,000 feet and was loud enough to set off car alarms 20 miles away.”
Fireball at the “Burning Man” event in 2007:
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