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By: The Sound of a Nuclear Weapons Test? - Guerrilla Explorer

The Sound of a Nuclear Weapons Test? - Guerrilla Explorer — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:10:40 +0000

[...] “The audio is what makes this great. Put on some headphones and listen to it all the way through — it’s much more intimate than any other test film I’ve seen. You get a much better sense of what these things must have been like, on the ground, as an observer, than from your standard montage of blasts. Murmurs in anticipation; the slow countdown over a megaphone; the reaction at the flash of the bomb; and finally — a sharp bang, followed by a long, thundering growl. That’s the sound of the bomb.” ~ Alex Wellerstein, The Sound of the Bomb (1953) [...]

By: One year of Restricted Data | Restricted Data

One year of Restricted Data | Restricted Data — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:05:52 +0000

[...] The Sound of the Bomb (7/13/2012) – 11,800 pageviews [...]

By: “Ground Zero. Population 5.” « Distropia

“Ground Zero. Population 5.” « Distropia — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:07:05 +0000

[...] Um adendo rápido: o outro lado também muitíssimo interessante do vídeo é ver (mediadamente) como acontece uma explosão atômica. O silêncio inicial, o flash de luz, e então – no que parece um tempo interminável – o barulho da explosão. Quem tem curiosidade sobre essa parte da experiência pode acompanhar uma discussão mais dealhada no “Restricted Data: The Nuclear Secrecy Blog“, nesse post aqui: “The Sound of the Bomb (1953)“. [...]

By: Nuclear Explosion at Jeff Thompson | Blog

Nuclear Explosion at Jeff Thompson | Blog — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:09:34 +0000

[...] Via: Nuclear Secrecy blog [...]

By: The sound of the atom splitting « Silence, Memory, Empathy

The sound of the atom splitting « Silence, Memory, Empathy — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:08:10 +0000

[...] blog on nuclear secrecy and has posted a video of a nuclear test, together with its original sound here. You have to stick with it for both image and sound as the latter is delayed in line with the [...]

By: Five Men Agree To Stand Directly Under An Exploding Nuclear Bomb | Krulwich Wonders, NPR

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:07:17 +0000

[...] But that’s not what it’s like if you are actually there. Science historian Alex Wellerstein has found an undoctored and deeply frightening recording – which he just posted on Restricted Data; the Nuclear Secrecy Blog. [...]

By: SEE IT: Unedited video contains real sound of nuclear bomb blast | New York Daily news

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:41:20 +0000

[...] The U.S. National Archives has digitized footage of an atomic blast which took place at Yucca Flat, Nev., on March 17, 1953. The footage has just been uncovered by science historians, including Alex Wellerstein of the American Institute of Physics. [...]

By: Rare footage captures real sound of 1953 A-bomb blast | Charles Cooper, CNET News

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:44:41 +0000

[...] Odds are that not many folks out there have seen a nuclear explosion up close. And it turns out that most of the films we’ve seen are dubbed or contain stock blast sound effects, a point I wasn’t aware of before coming across a blog curated by Alex Wellerstein, an historian of science at the American Institute of Physics.
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By: Ever heard the sound of a nuclear bomb going off? Historian unveils one of the few surviving audio recordings of blast from 1950's Nevada tests | dailymail.co.uk

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:41:51 +0000

[...] But Alex Wellerstein, an historian of science at the American Institute of Physics, has shared a unigue video of a blast during America’s testing of nukes in the Yukka Mountain area of Nevada during the 1950s. [...]

By: Rare Footage Reveals The Sound Of A Real Nuclear Blast | TheTechJournal

Rare Footage Reveals The Sound Of A Real Nuclear Blast | TheTechJournal — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:20:22 +0000

[...] Source : Nuclear Weapon Archive Special Thanks To : Nuclear Secrecy [...]