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Nuclear Explosions, 1945 to 1998 Time Lapse Map by Isao Hashimoto

by Le Bombay on June 27, 2011

Nuclear Explosions, 1945 to 1998 Time Lapse Map by Isao HashimotoJapanese artist Isao Hashimoto has created a beautiful, undeniably scary time-lapse map of the 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998, beginning with the Manhattan Project's "Trinity" test near Los Alamos and concluding with Pakistan's nuclear tests in May of 1998. This leaves out North Korea's two alleged nuclear tests in this past decade (the legitimacy of both of which is not 100% clear). Each nation gets a blip and a flashing dot on the map whenever they detonat

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XXXPopeBenedictXVI June 27, 2011 at 1:48 pm

Wow. During the hight of the cold war you can really see America and Russia facing each other off.

Phobosuchus1 June 27, 2011 at 2:31 pm

@XXXPopeBenedictXVI No kidding, one big nuclear symphony. I never knew France was testing in North Africa.

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