Intl. Notebook | Apr 24 2009 |
![TSAR LIGHT, TSAR BRIGHT](/images/headline/295.png)
They’re doing the atomic bomb, they want you to sing along.
Tsar Bomba nuclear test, Novaya Zemlya Island, Mityushikha Bay, Arctic Circle, Soviet Union, 1961. These two images show the detonation and mushroom cloud of the most powerful weapon ever built. The bomb exploded 2.6 miles above Earth, yet its fireball reached the ground, its shockwave broke windows in Finland and Sweden, and its mushroom cloud reached seven times the height of Mount Everest.