Nuclear
weapons researchers and archivists working for the US government have
declassified 62 never-before-seen films of atomic explosions. The new
batch of videos joins 63 other clips of Cold War-era test-blasts,
bringing the total to 125 declassified films now available.
Hundreds more of these decaying films could reach the internet as
high-definition videos in the coming months as the team tracks the
videos down in warehouses, digitally scans them, and re-analyzes them
for crucial data. Then, if they don't reveal any secrets that North
Korea or other adversaries might not have, they release the videos on
YouTube.
The
mushroom cloud of the Castle Bravo nuclear test of March 1,
1954.
NOAA
