The Snarkster Just LOVES the Terrible Beauty of Mushroom Clouds...

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...In fact, The Snarkster's fascination borders on the obsessive; what's more, TS is horribly proud of creating this photo via Adobe manipulation...

Socorro, Nevada Test Site, October 22, 1958 (manipulated photograph)
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...from this public domain government photograph.

Socorro, Nevada Test Site, October 22, 1958
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Why are humans so drawn to danger? Why do we like to watch nuclear blasts?

Maybe it's a cold war baby thing. Now for your amusement...

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Sammy Salvo - "A Mushroom Cloud" (1961)



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