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- Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:01 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: An Etruscan Vase Moon Rising (APOD 2009 February 23)
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Re: An Etruscan Vase Moon Rising (APOD 2009 February 23)
In the second Etruscan Vase image, World War II buffs may see an echo of the initial views of Trinity, the first nuclear fission explosion, at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, July 16, 1945. Attached for comparison is an image taken 0.006 seconds after ignition, when the fireball was about a q...