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Don't Move Here: Inside Portland's Music Scene is an American documentary series about Portland, Oregon's music scene, [1] that relatively recently has become a hot spot for indie bands.
The linear nature of the wire allows for specifically shaped and angled light flashes and different types of wires can be used to produce different colors of light. [10] The light source can be used in interferometry, flash photolysis, quantitative spectroscopy, and high-speed photography.
An explosion of oil tankers at the Islam-Qala customs post that damaged or destroyed more than 500 oil tankers. [138] [139] [140] 13 February 2021 Afghanistan: Balkh Province: 30 Unknown An explosion occurred at a Taliban bomb-making class. Thirty militants (including six foreigners) were killed, and an unknown number were injured. [141]
A typical specification for heavy civil defence shelter in Europe during the Cold war was an overhead explosion of a 500 kiloton weapon at the height of 500 meters. Such a weapon would be used to attack soft targets (factories, administrative centres, communications) in the area.
In July 1962, the US carried out the Starfish Prime test, exploding a 1.44 Mt (6.0 PJ) bomb 400 kilometres (250 mi; 1,300,000 ft) above the mid-Pacific Ocean.This demonstrated that the effects of a high-altitude nuclear explosion were much larger than had been previously calculated.
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Trees can explode when struck by lightning. [3] [15] [16] [17] The strong electric current is carried mostly by the water-conducting sapwood below the bark, heating it up and boiling the water. The pressure of the steam can make the trunk burst. [3] [17] This happens especially with trees whose trunks are already dying or rotting.
Ballistic Missile Defence and US National Security Policy: Normalisation and Acceptance after the Cold War. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-81732-5. Neufeld, Jacob (1990). The Development of Ballistic Missiles in the United States Air Force, 1945–1960. Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force. ISBN 0-912799-62-5.