Nuclear test film, operation sandstone 1948

Big one

This looks like shot Yoke, 49 kT

Never seen this X ray footage🥰

...wow. Beautiful. Great name too :)

Yoke, 49KT
5/1/48

Weapons development tests. These were in the sub-50KT range, with development in levitated 'pits' to increase production using orally (uranium highly enriched U-235 alloy at 92%)

I like my yokes runny

First testing of ‘boosted’ cores with liquid D/T to provide fast-fusion neutrons, producing additional fission generations and therefore more yield. This ultimately led to the first stage design of the Teller/Ulam “Super” using 2nd, 3rd stage “layer cake” designs for true fusion fuel thermonuclear devices. FUN FACT: Teller, Ulam didn’t actually design the actual weapon/device. They provided the theoretical physics behind it.

Pretty 😍..... 🔥 A 🔥 MY EYES!!