smoke
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Mushroom Cloud In Iconic Photo Of Hiroshima Is Not Actually A Mushroom Cloud
Nuclear experts say this famous photo of an apparent mushroom cloud rising above the city of Hiroshima is not what it appears to be. The towering plume is actually billowing smoke rising up from the raging firestorms that followed the explosion.
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Red Hot Nickel Ball Burning Tinsel Releases This Thick Poisonous Looking Death Gas
Video: It’s flame retardant tinsel (which has absolutely no chance of standing up to the mighty red hot nickel ball), which probably explains why the smoke it releases looks so damn toxic. I mean, the smoke is so thick that it looks like it’s a yellow green grey sludge and not actually smoke. Inhaling one…
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Photographing The Perfect Plume Of Smoke Requires Thousands Of Tries
Talk about an ethereal subject. Pure smoke is about as intangible and unpredictable as anything you could think of putting in front of your camera. These beautifully frozen images were the result of literally thousands of attempts by photographer Thomas Herbrich.
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What’s Inside The Vatican’s Black And White Smoke Signal
The Vatican needs to find a new Pope. To notify the world of when a new Pope is chosen, the papal conclave will communicate through smoke signal. Black smoke means they haven’t found a Pope, white smoke (or “fumata bianca”) would mean that there is a new Pope. So what’s inside the smoke?