@@RobertCraft-re5sf Hubby: "But honey... look... the end of the world won't be so bad... it'll kinda be beautiful!" ... Wifey: "( insert cussing here )! ... I'm going back to bed!" Hubby: "But it's only the truth..."
Always heard of the guys who witnessed the Trinity test talking about the colours from the ionization but the first time I've seen it so clearly in any test.
The people who saw the original explosion at Chernobyl and its very early aftermath reported exceptionally intense and varied colours in the stream of fire directly above the shattered reactor. Some writers have tried to pooh-pooh these accounts and say it was just light from the roofing-tar fire reflecting off the smoke from burning graphite... However that is very much not what the eyewitnesses reported.
@@atomcentral The glow and strange luminosity of the fireball is what makes a nuclear explosion look nuclear. The roiling black and brown clouds are from oxide formation?
All that jazz about Nolan using an actual bomb for the movie, only to be actually a giant fart. I feel like since T2 in 1991, Hbombs and nuclear devices in general have never achieved the intensity of that scene. It's kinda weird as technology progresses and we keep getting better footage (thanks to our lovely atomcentral), nuclear explosions keep getting worse (those clouds in the Fallout series are butt ugly). Nolan was probably the only one who could have made a cinematic nuke a reality, but he unfortunately didn't deliver on that one. The only recent one I think holds up really well is the Trinity explosion at the beginning of Twin Peaks S3
It always puzzled me why folks associated nuclear weapons radioactivity with 'green glow', when it is blue. I guess we can thank radium painted clocks and Trinitite for that?
This is not Cherenkov light. Cherenkov light is blue, not violet, and a beta particle would need to be traveling more than 99.97% c in air in order to exceed the speed of light in air. Betas from radioisotope decay to not achieve this energy. The light is from direct airglow ionization caused by gamma and beta radiation ejecting electrons from air molecules and then the light is emitted on subsequent ion - electron recombination. The color is violet for the same reason glow discharges in partial vacuum are violet such as in Geissler tubes, the same energy levels are being excited.
On the bottom right of the video screen is a gearwheel that says hd on it. Click on that and set the replay speed at .25. It is defintely worth it. Seeing the blue atomic light of death in a cloud the size of a city is truly astonishing to see in slow motion. Some of the deepest blue ever recorded.
Wow that's incredible! Was this footage shot using a special kind of film or something to more easily see the glow, or was this enhanced in after effects or something?
I think for reason that Eastman Color Negative seemed more sensitive to that effect. Also many of the black and white films shot of these tests used yellow filters to hide the glow.
I don't remember what test this was, but the blue glow was very obvious in the original footage. One of my favorite tests. I don't. Really have a problem with upscaling film footage to show more vibrant colors. This is probably about what it looked like in person.
not AI, is actually a Plumbbob test from 1957. The glow is often not seen in black and white because they often put a yellow filter in front of the camera to hide the blue glow.
Well... it looks like the NTS to me with the mountains in the background. The explosion and cloud itself appear very like Trinity, therefore probably a low-yield fission test. Very early 1950's would be my guess, perhaps testing a primary for one of the early hydrogen devices. The haircuts also speak of that era. However we can see structures as well, which could be the remains from Apple-2, which would mark it as post-1955. Those are my guesses. As for 'AI'? I doubt it. Kuran has done most of his work optically and in analogue. Even when producing upscaled digital material he is extremely careful to remain true to the original negatives as far as he possibly can. I think this is just one of those sadly few moments where reality for _once_ is as wonderful as SF. It really _did_ glow like that due to the colossal release of radiation.
@@atomcentral Just imagine being so... passe, accustomed or even tired of this magic that you take steps to not have to see it any more... I know they were probably doing to improve the basic clarity of the image, but still that story makes me rather sad! What I would give to have been stood with those two chaps when it went off and to have seen it with my own eyes...!!!
type upshot knothole Annie in the search, you can clearly see the blue glow around the mushroom even in black and white. this is not AI, it’s nuclear physics.
babe wake up, new atomcentral drop
She gets so mad at me when I wake her up for stuff like this.
@@RobertCraft-re5sf Hubby: "But honey... look... the end of the world won't be so bad... it'll kinda be beautiful!" ... Wifey: "( insert cussing here )! ... I'm going back to bed!" Hubby: "But it's only the truth..."
This is the most amazing bomb footage I've ever seen
Always heard of the guys who witnessed the Trinity test talking about the colours from the ionization but the first time I've seen it so clearly in any test.
The people who saw the original explosion at Chernobyl and its very early aftermath reported exceptionally intense and varied colours in the stream of fire directly above the shattered reactor. Some writers have tried to pooh-pooh these accounts and say it was just light from the roofing-tar fire reflecting off the smoke from burning graphite... However that is very much not what the eyewitnesses reported.
@@morelenmir You can see Cherenkov radiation making a blue glow in experimental reactor start-up videos.
The people who made the Oppenheimer movie should have seen this first before trying to make a big gasoline bomb look like a nuclear explosion.
in the original Trinity footage called the "Newsreel" shots, you could see a faint glow in the wide shot. But it was black and white and more subtle
@@atomcentral The glow and strange luminosity of the fireball is what makes a nuclear explosion look nuclear. The roiling black and brown clouds are from oxide formation?
All that jazz about Nolan using an actual bomb for the movie, only to be actually a giant fart. I feel like since T2 in 1991, Hbombs and nuclear devices in general have never achieved the intensity of that scene. It's kinda weird as technology progresses and we keep getting better footage (thanks to our lovely atomcentral), nuclear explosions keep getting worse (those clouds in the Fallout series are butt ugly). Nolan was probably the only one who could have made a cinematic nuke a reality, but he unfortunately didn't deliver on that one. The only recent one I think holds up really well is the Trinity explosion at the beginning of Twin Peaks S3
It always puzzled me why folks associated nuclear weapons radioactivity with 'green glow', when it is blue. I guess we can thank radium painted clocks and Trinitite for that?
And probably because natural uranium glows green under UV light.
i have always associated radioactivity with pale, ghostly shades of luminous blue & green.
commerce, it coming from movies.
Like the red Santa, which is originally green, until coca cola decided otherwise
Farewell megaton
Never seen the blue hue on the clould like that
why are nuclear bombs so damn beautiful?
Because they are, in every sense, Fascinating Horrors.
@@The_Modeling_Underdog but I dont really find it to be a horror of any sort. They give me a very odd sense of comfort.
@@RaptorMocha Yup, that's also possible. Cheers, mate.
@@RaptorMocha you have a weird concept of comfort!!!!!😏
@@ayounglivelysoulinanoldtir3512 :)
Is the blue light Cherenkov radiation, or is it because of coloring of B/W film?
I believe it’s Cherenkov radiation
This is not Cherenkov light. Cherenkov light is blue, not violet, and a beta particle would need to be traveling more than 99.97% c in air in order to exceed the speed of light in air. Betas from radioisotope decay to not achieve this energy. The light is from direct airglow ionization caused by gamma and beta radiation ejecting electrons from air molecules and then the light is emitted on subsequent ion - electron recombination. The color is violet for the same reason glow discharges in partial vacuum are violet such as in Geissler tubes, the same energy levels are being excited.
Thanks, it's beautiful and terrifying at the same time
asking the right question!
get used to this view boys
Unbelievable !!!
Beautiful. Wished it was a bit longer.
On the bottom right of the video screen is a gearwheel that says hd on it. Click on that and set the replay speed at .25. It is defintely worth it. Seeing the blue atomic light of death in a cloud the size of a city is truly astonishing to see in slow motion. Some of the deepest blue ever recorded.
Wow that's incredible! Was this footage shot using a special kind of film or something to more easily see the glow, or was this enhanced in after effects or something?
Absolutely!
I think for reason that Eastman Color Negative seemed more sensitive to that effect. Also many of the black and white films shot of these tests used yellow filters to hide the glow.
Who else is droppin a deuce right now??
what's Phoenix Wright doing down there bottom left?
Name of test and operation. Pls
Operation Plumbbob. Looks most like shot diablo, but I don’t know.
Operation Teapot shot hornet i assume
Plumbbob Diablo
@@Dylanowich nice
its is Plumbbob, either Diablo or Kepler
War, war never changes
Cherenkov light... not to show clearly in many nuclear explosions... probably this have a high neutron release...
i thought this was an album
Lol
So this is restored footage, correct? The ionization glow hasn’t been artificially enhanced?
I didn't add a glow if that is what you mean. Nothing that wasn't there to begin with.
what test is this it looks beautiful
See? No fake noise and everyone likes it.
May God be merciful.
This looks like AI .
you can just say you don’t know how radiation works bro
Ohhh. Why does my gut tell me this is not authentic footage, but rather altered by ai. Give us a country, test name or series and date.
I don't remember what test this was, but the blue glow was very obvious in the original footage. One of my favorite tests. I don't. Really have a problem with upscaling film footage to show more vibrant colors. This is probably about what it looked like in person.
not AI, is actually a Plumbbob test from 1957. The glow is often not seen in black and white because they often put a yellow filter in front of the camera to hide the blue glow.
Well... it looks like the NTS to me with the mountains in the background. The explosion and cloud itself appear very like Trinity, therefore probably a low-yield fission test. Very early 1950's would be my guess, perhaps testing a primary for one of the early hydrogen devices. The haircuts also speak of that era. However we can see structures as well, which could be the remains from Apple-2, which would mark it as post-1955. Those are my guesses.
As for 'AI'? I doubt it. Kuran has done most of his work optically and in analogue. Even when producing upscaled digital material he is extremely careful to remain true to the original negatives as far as he possibly can.
I think this is just one of those sadly few moments where reality for _once_ is as wonderful as SF. It really _did_ glow like that due to the colossal release of radiation.
@@atomcentral Just imagine being so... passe, accustomed or even tired of this magic that you take steps to not have to see it any more... I know they were probably doing to improve the basic clarity of the image, but still that story makes me rather sad!
What I would give to have been stood with those two chaps when it went off and to have seen it with my own eyes...!!!
type upshot knothole Annie in the search, you can clearly see the blue glow around the mushroom even in black and white. this is not AI, it’s nuclear physics.