January 15, 201214 yr If someone has asked my how many nuclear explosions there had been since Aug 1946 I would have guess about 10% of the real total. It's amazing anything is still alive in the Southwest USA (~1000) or Central Asia (~700) after all those explosions. It starts out slowly - of course - but by the time the mid-50's come around watch out. It's almost like the William Tell Overture when you get to the 60's... Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto has created a beautiful, undeniably scary time-lapse map of the 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998, beginning with the Manhattan Project’s “Trinity” test near Los Alamos and concluding with Pakistan’s nuclear tests in May of 1998. This leaves out North Korea’s two alleged nuclear tests in this past decade (the legitimacy of both of which is not 100% clear). Each nation gets a blip and a flashing dot on the map whenever they detonate a nuclear weapon, with a running tally kept on the top and bottom bars of the screen. Hashimoto, who began the project in 2003, says that he created it with the goal of showing”the fear and folly of nuclear weapons.” It starts really slow — if you want to see real action, skip ahead to 1962 or so — but the buildup becomes overwhelming. http://www.trueactiv...ion-since-1945/
January 17, 201214 yr Author Has anyone watched this? I know it looks long but that's because it goes month-by-month for over 50 years. Really cool stuff and the time just flies by.
January 17, 201214 yr Madness.. Those whom have the capabilities to destroy the earth a thousand times over. Yet, these atributes are quite accepted as developed and civilised. What's wrong with people? Looney Tunes.
January 17, 201214 yr Yes I watched & yes it was amazing. Personally did not know that so many nukes had been detonated. Makes one wonder for what purpose & what was the resulting fallout. Not just to humans as I am sure many were deep underground but to the earth itself. Does really make one wonder why & what are those who control such events thinking or not thinking as the case may be. If I were living on a tree branch I would not be testing chain saws on it. I have always understood the possibility of using nuclear energy for good & what they claim clean energy but......... Given the fact that they have no way to deal with the waste products produced to make such energy I cannot agree. Until such time that they develop a means to deal with the toxic waste produced I cannot say I would be sad to see it all shut down. As for nuclear weapons..............There is no need to even discuss.
January 17, 201214 yr Captivating to watch, can't quite explain why. The most beautiful things are often the most deadly. It is very noticeable that most detonations are carried out in the same place. And I suspect that the majority (at least from the US), are smaller tactical nukes rather than the full monty.
January 18, 201214 yr I think most of the later tests were carried out underground to minimise fall-out. There are fairly well-published estimates of the contribution of nuclear testing to our overall radiation exposure; its significantly less than our average exposure from medical sources, if I recall correctly, though the medical exposure will be less evenly distributed amongst us. The story of Thailand's nuclear release accident makes interesting reading http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1124_scr.pdf but its not enough to make me want this branch of medicine to be abandoned. SC
January 23, 201214 yr The video is beautiful... and frightening. I too was staggered at the total number of explosions. While I was watching it, a friend over the far side of the room heard the sound effects and asked what they were. Before I told him, I asked how many he thought the total was. "About 200". The risk of a major catastrophe, many times the size of Chernobyl, is small but it still exists.... and one day in the future it will happen, either as the result of the explosion of a nuclear weapon, or from a power station. Maybe far in the future... but maybe today.
January 23, 201214 yr No wonder the earth's crust seems so unstable these days. Knowing nothing whatsoever about it, I suspect that's a cyclical thing. On the other hand it may be the Day of Judgment, as seen in geological time. Think about it.
January 23, 201214 yr No wonder the earth's crust seems so unstable these days. I blame the drink SC Actually, earthquakes and volvanoes release far more energy than nuclear tests...
January 23, 201214 yr No wonder the earth's crust seems so unstable these days. Knowing nothing whatsoever about it, I suspect that's a cyclical thing. On the other hand it may be the Day of Judgment, as seen in geological time. Think about it. Earthquakes have certainly increased over the period nuclear testing has been going on, but as records only go back 100 years or so it's hard to say if it's cyclical or not. Food for thought.
January 24, 201214 yr No wonder the earth's crust seems so unstable these days. Knowing nothing whatsoever about it, I suspect that's a cyclical thing. On the other hand it may be the Day of Judgment, as seen in geological time. Think about it. Earthquakes have certainly increased over the period nuclear testing has been going on, but as records only go back 100 years or so it's hard to say if it's cyclical or not. Food for thought. Have earhtquakes increased? What has been the impact on the measured frequency of earthquakes of improved seismographic equipment? From the US Geological Survey site: "As more and more seismographs are installed in the world, more earthquakes can be and have been located. However, the number of large earthquakes (magnitude 6.0 and greater) have stayed relatively constant." http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/info_1990s.php Although on the other hand, this site http://www.earth.webecs.co.uk/ puts forward the claim that large earthquakes are increasing in frequency, and that they mark the second coming of Jesus "this passage can be interpreted to mean that earthquakes (and famines - caused primarily through lack of rainfall in certain areas) will increase both in frequency and impact/strength prior to Jesus’ second coming" Earthquakes are fare commoner than you or I might imagine; however, we are lucky that most of them miss us... SC I suppose the shock waves from a nuclear blast, if applied carefully, might be used to release built-up stress in the tectonic plates, and so generate small earthquakes, rather than allowing the stress to build up until it releases itself in a major earthquake. I don't really see this as sufficient justification for nuclear testing, though.
January 24, 201214 yr No wonder the earth's crust seems so unstable these days. Knowing nothing whatsoever about it, I suspect that's a cyclical thing. On the other hand it may be the Day of Judgment, as seen in geological time. Think about it. Earthquakes have certainly increased over the period nuclear testing has been going on, but as records only go back 100 years or so it's hard to say if it's cyclical or not. Food for thought. Have earhtquakes increased? What has been the impact on the measured frequency of earthquakes of improved seismographic equipment? From the US Geological Survey site: "As more and more seismographs are installed in the world, more earthquakes can be and have been located. However, the number of large earthquakes (magnitude 6.0 and greater) have stayed relatively constant." http://earthquake.us.../info_1990s.php Although on the other hand, this site http://www.earth.webecs.co.uk/ puts forward the claim that large earthquakes are increasing in frequency, and that they mark the second coming of Jesus "this passage can be interpreted to mean that earthquakes (and famines - caused primarily through lack of rainfall in certain areas) will increase both in frequency and impact/strength prior to Jesus’ second coming" Earthquakes are fare commoner than you or I might imagine; however, we are lucky that most of them miss us... SC I suppose the shock waves from a nuclear blast, if applied carefully, might be used to release built-up stress in the tectonic plates, and so generate small earthquakes, rather than allowing the stress to build up until it releases itself in a major earthquake. I don't really see this as sufficient justification for nuclear testing, though. I posted this in another thread: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/523221-2012-am-i-alone-in-beginning-to-wonder/page__view__findpost__p__4951451
January 24, 201214 yr ... ... Earthquakes have certainly increased over the period nuclear testing has been going on, but as records only go back 100 years or so it's hard to say if it's cyclical or not. Food for thought. Have earhtquakes increased? What has been the impact on the measured frequency of earthquakes of improved seismographic equipment? From the US Geological Survey site: "As more and more seismographs are installed in the world, more earthquakes can be and have been located. However, the number of large earthquakes (magnitude 6.0 and greater) have stayed relatively constant." http://earthquake.us.../info_1990s.php Although on the other hand, this site http://www.earth.webecs.co.uk/ puts forward the claim that large earthquakes are increasing in frequency, and that they mark the second coming of Jesus "this passage can be interpreted to mean that earthquakes (and famines - caused primarily through lack of rainfall in certain areas) will increase both in frequency and impact/strength prior to Jesus’ second coming" Earthquakes are fare commoner than you or I might imagine; however, we are lucky that most of them miss us... SC I suppose the shock waves from a nuclear blast, if applied carefully, might be used to release built-up stress in the tectonic plates, and so generate small earthquakes, rather than allowing the stress to build up until it releases itself in a major earthquake. I don't really see this as sufficient justification for nuclear testing, though. I posted this in another thread: http://www.thaivisa....ost__p__4951451 That's from the same source as the quote regarding the coming of the Lord. We should remain open-minded, but that doesn't preclude scepticism. You could use the following web-site to add fuel to the fire of fear of impending armageddon http://www.believers...earthquakes.htm (EDIT: which is based on the same original data) but although there are lots of credulous statistics, the investigative analysis seems to lack relevant technical expertise and understanding. I have not seen anything to indicate that the increases are not due to improvements in monitoring and detection. I'd be more interested in data from Nevada, which appeared to have the highest concentration of nuclear tests, or even for the US as a whole, which appears to have the best-established long-term tracking, combined with some active regions. In the meantime, I will rely on the people that are paid to take an interest in these things to worry about it on my behalf, while I worry on their behalf about my bailliwck SC
January 24, 201214 yr I was only interested in the statistics, not the coming of some prophet. Hopefully the believers wouldn't cook the stats to back up their theories !
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