What a Blast!
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And what does a kiloton of rocket fuel look like when it blows? This video was taken from a mile away.
I love the shock wave.
Whoa.
Video link fixed September 17, 2007.
Just before lunchtime on May 4th, 1988, at a facility near Henderson, Nevada, a panicked maintenance crew could be seen dashing away from the site of the Pacific Engineering Production Company, also known as PEPCON. Behind them, a moderate but ambitious-looking fire was establishing itself in a large storage lot.
The crew had been repairing a wind-damaged steel-and-fiberglass building when a stray spark from their welder somehow managed to set fire to the structure. . . .
There were over four thousand tons of ammonium perchlorate in the storage area that day, so the anxiety-stricken workers fled with great enthusiasm.
And what does a kiloton of rocket fuel look like when it blows? This video was taken from a mile away.
I love the shock wave.
Whoa.
Video link fixed September 17, 2007.