Where can i see the real size of a nuclear bomb explosion?

Question

I have seen footage of big explosions and photos of devastated Hiroshima etc, but i haven't really got a visual picture of the size of a modern day nuclear blast, is there any where i could see a map, perhaps from an Ariel view to get an accurate picture of the blast radius?

Answer 1

Somewhere in New Mexico

Answer 2

Haight-Ashbury......

Most of the people there look like they survived a nuclear fallout.

Answer 3

I found a good visual on the net of an atom bomb super-imposed on New York City and then a modern thermal-nuclear device over-laid with about 10 time the area of destruction.  It was quite dramatic.

Now, if you really want to attempt to understand nuclear power...here's some light summer reading:

The Making of the Atomic Bomb....Richard Rhodes  (868 pages)

Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb....Richard Rhodes     (703 pages)

Answer 4

test site, 90 miles n of las vegas, tours are currently suspended, however, they will be available soon again.  In addition, check out Bikini atoll, excellent records of size of cloud over the island-hopefully we never see one first hand

Answer 5

The blast range, and other effects, depend on the size of the weapon.  But here is a site that describes what happens from ground zero going outwards.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/sfeatu...

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/sfeatu...

Here is site that calculates effects based on the yield of the weapon.

http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Scie...

Here is a site that lets you see the blast radius superimposed over a map that allows you change the yield and location.

http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/gmap/hyde...

Answer 6

I think PBS did a special on nukes a while back.

Maybe there's still somethign on their web site about it.

Answer 7

hang out in Iran, you will probably see one sooner or later