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images taken with specialized photography of the first few micro-seconds of a nuclear blast.

i am too lazy and grumpy today to find more relevant info for you (sorry). but these are sitting on my drive and it feels like the right day to post them up.

have a great weekend everyone!

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[–] kaitco 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What I’ve always found interesting about these images is how close the initial blasts look to virus/phages, particularly their heads.

You can argue that a nuclear blast is the end of the world, but a really intense virus could end us all just as easily, albeit taking a bit longer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Some pictures look like a metroid from, well, Metroid.