Shockwave of Atomic Bomb Impact!! Must see! (Trinity and Beyond)

Approximately 1 second after the burst, intense heat caused this house to be covered with a thick black smoke that ceased within 2 seconds without igniting the house. The house had been given, as Glasstone states, “a white exterior finish in order to reflect the thermal radiation and minimize the chance of fire.“ It was also equipped with metal venetian blinds and roofed with light-gray asbestos cement shingles, instead of common black asphalt shingles. These factors made it far less susceptible to
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