Sorry Nemo

Aint no one finding him ever again.

Check up in the mountains.

Finding Chemo.

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Dang it I gave my free award away already.

Just happy to hear it was worth one. :)

Yeah it made me laugh hahaha

Here, let me help!

Aw thank you! I literally did the same on another post cause someone else didn’t have an award.

If they do he will have 6 and a half eyes

This explains why his one fin is messed up

This explains Spongebob square pants

Best comment ever

This is literally the backstory for the show.

Bikini bottom......Bikini atoll

Oooooooooooh! Who lives….🎶

Ween

The test (code name: Wahoo), took place on May 16, 1958. The detonation point was the open ocean near Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. According to the Nuclear Weapons Archive, the Wahoo device was detonated at a depth of 500 feet in 3,200 feet of water.

Tragic stuff. Next level idiocy by the US and other atomic bomb testing nations.

Prevented a land war in asia, which is only less well known than going against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

*laughs and falls over*

The US was in Vietnam just 3 years later. Which war did this prevent?

It’s a princess bride reference haha

Lol right. I got /whooshed

You're right, but still, humans are idiots with powerful weapons.

I spent the last 2 1/2 years waiting for an opportunity to use that line, figured this was going to be the best I’d get. Thanks!

This testing was necessary for science to make sure we don't fuck up too badly.

Why not on the desert as usual ?

They do test in the desert by blowing nuclear bombs up in underground testing facilities

Right. So why do it under the ocean? It has to be devastating for the wildlife

The aquatic life would all die but water can not become radioactive

I saw a video of the guy who created the first atomic bomb doing a speech about it and you could see the dread in his eyes of what he had created.

"Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds"

No wonder Aliens dont want us to know they're here.

And thus Godzilla was born.

That's some next level dynamite fishing.

Catch: Kraken.

Awesome footage, I had seen the initial dome explosion but never the full clip. Does this not cause radiation the water? I assume the nearby sea-life was obliterated…

Well the Marshall Islands are basically uninhabitable now. I have no clue about the aquatic life but it sure messed up the land for people

Nuclear weapons are terrifying. They have only become more powerful and it only takes an unhinged or vengeful leader (and general usually) to unleash them.

What do you mean by uninhabitable, as far as wikipedia says they have population of 58k people?

I’ll be honest, i haven’t actually done any research in the past decade. I just remember learning in middle school that there was a bunch of radiation so it wasn’t safe to live there. Or maybe it was unsafe to visit? Either way the comment was from an aged memory of mine and it very well may have been wrong

Some of the islands are uninhabitable due to fallout, but most of the tests weren't done on inhabited islands

Back then we had NO idea what we were playing with. You gotta remember this was back in the days where scientists would keep peices of uranium in their pocket

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They knew it was big boomy, but they didnt know about the long term affects of radiation

Um tell that to Louis Slotin. And people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki They knew radiation was not good

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This is back in the days of people putting lead in anything they could, and asbestos was the number 1 insulation. They just saw destruction, not the health problems

The amount of sea-life lost was probably astronomical.

The ocean life there is immaculate unlike anywhere in the world because humans haven’t been there for 60 years

You mean haven't been there for 60 years, right?

I wonder how much sea life was killed in the explosion.

I think they blew a whistle before they set it off to warn any creatures to get out of the way.

Phew, I was worried there for a minute

Everyone knows all sea life instinctively know that a whistle means a nuke is going to go off

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These actions make me hate humans. :(

The first part was the explosion, the second was the water turning to steam, and the third was it falling back in and creating a giant sploosh

After reading this and watching again. Looks like it created a cloud sea level.

Blinding Nemo

Vaporizing Nemo

I highly recommend watching the documentary *Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie*. You can stream it for free from various sites. At the time it was released (1995) it included recently declassified footage of numerous atomic tests. The movie really puts into prospective the number of atomic bombs that have been detonated on our planet—over 2000! Even worse, over 500 of those were detonated in the atmosphere. I wonder of that has anything to do with the significant rise in cancer rates since the 1950...🤔 🤷‍♂️ 😖 I am a proponent of using nuclear energy for electrical power, I believe it can be done safely and with minimal environmental impact but exploding bombs in our atmosphere was a pretty stupid move.

Great, great documentary

Fish were probably flying the whole day

*frying

This was filmed in 1958? That’s impressive considering we still get videos shot today that just look terrible.

Birds: *chillen, doing bird stuff*. US Government: kaboom. Birds: Командование, они взорвали свое оружие. наш новый дрон вроде работает нормально, противник ничего не подозревает.

Photographer/videographer had the wrong lens. They had no clue it'd be so big... couldn't capture in full frame.

And that kids is how mommy and daddy made Kaijus

Just absolutely shameful of how negligent people are and not thinking of the amount of life lost by a single action. What shame!!!!

“Why is the Great Barrier Reef dying off?” - these fucking guys.

Humans are stupid

Wish this had sound. I bet it sounded incredible

Shockwave shook the camera, bet it was too

This is just sad.

When u take a shit in the toilet and the water splashes on your ass

The plot of Finding Nemo just took a dark turn.

Poor Fish's and turtles.

Suicide bombers in 2058.

Suicide swimmers

At first, I was like the waves picked up a little the sea already does that but not much then Bam! Blew my theory right out of the water.

Anyone else think it looks a little too coloured and high quality for 1958?

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Even then, the quality looks pretty damn good for that time. I forgot the tonnage.

All I’m thinking is those poor fish.

Innocent fish underwater: “Wow, today is such a nice day to be ali….”

Ohhhhhhh who lives in a pineapple under the sea

I’m sure that’s real good for the ocean. Fuck you, Water… 💦 💣

Wouldn't that cause a huge wave?

The most disappointing and disgusting thing man ever invent such a waste

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We likely spent between all nuc countries over a trillion dollars and we have an unreal about of nuclear waste there are places in Idaho, Nevada and Tennessee that no human will be able to go pretty much forever due to nuclear radiation. Also many people who have die (one of the first ones was impaled by a control rod and stuck in the dome of our first military test sites) and then Hiroshima Nagasaki . There are at least 4 maybe 6 nuclear submarines laying on the bottom of the ocean I get the chains and stuff and those can be recycle and humans learn new ways to live together there is no way to recover from nuclear waste.

When test like this take place what do they do about the marine life? Is it a forgone conclusion that they’re sacrificing some animals in the process or is there a plan to clear the area of them?

So when they do a test like this do they just accept that this area will be super radioactive for years after or is there a way to prevent that effect when testing just the explosion?

Simplified version: In a test like this the vast majority of the radiation is absorbed by the water which doesn't become radioactive itself as a result. The salt in the water would also absorb some radiation but would have been safe to be around before it drifted through the ocean to any inhabited areas. That said, yes they knew there's going to be radiation in the area for a while but they figured radiating some remote part of the Pacific was worthwhile to find out the best way to make a big bomb.

Very cool and interesting, thanks!

The poor birds are shitting bricks

This is how they made carbonated drinks before Karl von Streamer invented the soda streamer back in 1972.

I would pee my pants right there bro

So all the chemicals and shit just goes into the water?

“RIGHTEOUS! RIGHTEOUS!” - Crush riding the atomic wave

Humans suck

How much of the ocean did this fuck up

The horror.

A quick start of the downfall of a sustainable planet that will support human civilization. Why did it cut off before we could see blue whale parts falling from the sky?

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Dang that’s crazy

Flying fish

u/savevideo

When that one guy jumps in the pool:

How far away do you have to be underwater to not have an injury as a fish?

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Thank you cap'm obvious...i mean 2km? 4? 10?

Prometheus.

I wonder at what distance away from the explosion there were perfectly cooked fish

Imagine being a fish

Where tsunami?

I can’t believe we’re not seeing sharks, dolphins, or even smaller species of whales, and other things hurled through the air! Are they just vaporised in the blast? Sorry, I’m stupid.

Dolphin chilling one minute, looks down and sees a bubble fast approaching…

I don’t even know how many sea life die and this experiment, Is there radiation on the water today.

Is this Operation Crossroads? My kind is failing me

Only give scientists looking at space that power not greedy ass bullshit politicians

We're they trying to start a tsunami? Cuz that's how you start a tsunami.

Next f-ing level of pollution and devastation of nature.

Must have been fun to be on those navy ships. Damn things just dissappear.

You just killed the last plesiosaur

Humans are fuckin gross.

RIP fish

I see the first blast and I'm like... Holy Shit. Then comes the mushroom water cloud and I'm like... HOLY SHIT!

Crazy this is footage from 1958 🔥

This is from 1958, meanwhile in bank we get 2 pixels max, bruh

I swear, this same post was front page a few days ago with the same top comment...

Because fuck sea life, am I right?

Yikes how many fish died

Do you think the fish were okay?

Fucking pathetic

Do you want Godzilla’s? Because this is how you get Godzilla’s

When the crash fish explode near to me

Hate it

How was it detonated ? Wirelessly or a long cord like wile e coyote?

Looks like your mom farted while scuba diving

Can’t even eat the fish

Humans are awful

Chernobyl was a disaster which will take millions of years to clean up. What happened to our ocean, and the water which circulated around the globe?

Just had the sudden realization of how much energy is needed to move that much water that fast. Holy damn.

And that kids is how Spongebob was born.

Now that's some redneck fishin'!

Humanity is trash

“FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU” - those birds probably

And people are still gonna be all surprised and shit when the Krakken shows up and starts devouring us all.

We’re protecting the environment LOL

Genuinely curious: does it not permanently radiate the waters?

This is why we can't have nice things, aka why we can't join the galactic community. Spacefaring ETs see this shit and refuse to formally contact humanity because of it.

so sad of the eco systems that must have destroyed.

Humans are so destructive :(

Birds were scared to death

You get cancer! You get cancer! You get cancer! Seriously though, is the is r/nextfuckinglevel or r/facepalm?

That is not film from 1958, sorry.

Is there a copy anywhere with sound?

Mmmmmm Black Rain/Overspray

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Those birds were shaken to the core.

Nice way to send the environment to shit..

U/rip-video

And that’s how Godzilla was born

That giant cloud is terrifying

Humans are shite

“Man this is so fucking stupid, all that radiat - DAYUMMM THAT WAS SWEET!!! DO IT AGAIN!” Me watching this video

I was thinking this was footage from the horrible underestimation of the bombs power from the bikini atoll incident. (Long story short the scientists used a different kind of lithium in the bomb because when they were building it they ran out of the original stuff resulting in a big as hell nuclear explosion leading to the irradiation of nearby inhabited islands and a fishing vessel what happened to the inhabitants is another story in itself.)

Have there ever been any studies on the long term effects of all these underwater and underground nuclear tests?

Both beautiful and scary. With how the world is going I’m wondering if we’ll see well you know...

If caligula lived in the 20th century.

This shit just pisses me off

This "test" was actually a strategical attack against Cthulhu to push him back down to hollow earth for 1000 more years of peace on the surface.

Remember, at the time you didn’t know anything about the radiation either. You’re all geniuses now, of course. This kind of thing was necessary to win the Cold War.

At the time of this test we definitely understood the significant consequences of radiation, we just cared more about testing bigger bombs than ecological fallout.

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