Here are some pictures of an atomic bomb exploding in space, at night. In SPACE, at NIGHT! This is light from nuclear reactions, but not the kind that happen inside our sun.
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Apollo 11 Slow-Motion Launch Video
This is a slow motion video of the apollo 11 launch, closeup on the engines. Be sure to have the volume turned on because the accompanying description rules.
Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch (HD) Camera E-8 from Mark Gray on Vimeo.
Awesome!!!
Also, everyone has probably seen the apollo 11 moon-walk videos a bunch, but the later apollo missions had two things apollo 11 didn't have... better video equipment and a ROVER:
Apollo 16 LRV Grand Prix HD from Doug Ellison on Vimeo.
via @nauticalgrandpa via kottke.org
Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch (HD) Camera E-8 from Mark Gray on Vimeo.
Awesome!!!
Also, everyone has probably seen the apollo 11 moon-walk videos a bunch, but the later apollo missions had two things apollo 11 didn't have... better video equipment and a ROVER:
Apollo 16 LRV Grand Prix HD from Doug Ellison on Vimeo.
via @nauticalgrandpa via kottke.org
Friday, June 5, 2009
on the importance of being earnest about oxygen
Last year in lab, this guy got burnt semi-badly when his oil bath caught fire (actually this story has the odd quirk that I never saw the guy, so i don't know how badly he was hurt, but I can promise you he exists). Actually oil bath fires are not so dangerous, but how you extinguish them can be really dangerous. The molecule that explains why this is so is oxygen. Before I explain, watch this video to see how bad oil fires can get:
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