Cold War Nuclear Detonations

Here is a timelapse video showing all known nuclear explosions from 1945-1998 by Isao Hashimoto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9lquok4Pdk

Some other links connected to this topic:

Hiroshima memorial project

http://www.openculture.com/2011/07/hiroshima_bombing_remembered_with_google_earth.html

...and the Google Earth layer that goes with it

http://hiroshima.mapping.jp/ge_en.html

Ground Zero simulator - pick a location and nuke it

http://www.carloslabs.com/projects/200712B/GroundZero.html

Cold War nuclear detonation links

Lest we Forget

1. Timelapse video showing all known nuclear explosions from 1945-1998 by Isao Hashimoto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLCF7vPanrY

2. Hiroshima memorial project
http://www.openculture.com/2011/07/hiroshima_bombing_remembered_with_google_earth.html

...and the Google Earth layer that goes with it
http://hiroshima.mapping.jp/ge_en.html

3. Ground Zero simulator - pick a location and nuke it
http://www.carloslabs.com/projects/200712B/GroundZero.html

Japan Tsunami a year later

source: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/

The Big Picture has posted another amazing photo essay -- before and after pictures from the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami on March 11th, 2011 (a year ago today!).  Click on the pics to compare then and now. Link: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/03/japan_tsunami_pictures_before.html