10 times the explosive power of all explosives used in WWII

Re:10 times the explosive power of all explosives used in WWII by tdicola on Sunday September 23, 2012 @03:42AM (#4560336)

It created a fireball 5 miles in diameter, destroyed all buildings up to 34 miles away, and could give 3rd degree burns to people 62 miles away. I can't even comprehend how one bomb could do so much damage.

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Re:10 times the explosive power of all explosives used in WWII by lloeki on Sunday September 23, 2012 @07:53AM (#4560688)

its ground zero is readily findable by sight on Google Maps:

http://goo.gl/maps/w9teB

Notice the scale by zooming out ever so slightly. Also, time scale, because it happened decades ago.

This has to be the only man-made destruction that can bee seen with the naked eye from space.

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Re:10 times the explosive power of all explosives used in WWII by four12 on Sunday September 23, 2012 @09:49AM (#4560923)

"This has to be the only man-made destruction that can bee seen with the naked eye from space."

No, you can see Los Angeles from space.

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Re:10 times the explosive power of all explosives used in WWII by pooriaazimi on Sunday September 23, 2012 @07:03AM (#4560596)

Keep in mind that they dumbed it down quite a bit! It was 100 Megatons initially but they reduced it to only 50 Megatons "to reduce nuclear fallout (and also to prevent the blast from destroying the drop aircraft)".

It was more that 50 years ago. Now...

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Re:10 times the explosive power of all explosives used in WWII by Greynum on Sunday September 23, 2012 @07:43AM (#4560665)

Actually there is also an atmospheric limitation. I think the Limit is somewhere in-between 50 megatons and 100.

Basically if the explosion was any bigger it would leave the atmosphere into outer space so there is no point in making it any bigger.

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