The picture is from old footage of a nuclear bomb test. The long shadow is cast by the flash of the explosion and this is right before the shockwave hits and levels the house.

[-] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 8 months ago

Is this mandatory information? It seems like many comments here know what's up.

[-] wandermind@sopuli.xyz 28 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

This footage gets regularly played in documentaries and Youtube videos when nuclear weapons are discussed, so many people are familiar with it.

[-] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 8 months ago

I wouldn't say mandatory, but because of the cold war it's something gen x and y knows about, and have had much contact with.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Whoosh!

[-] DeepFriedDresden@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah I got that one way too late...

[-] Sylver@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Ok that was pretty good

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Lol, I got it right away. Well done.

[-] wetnoodle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 8 months ago

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

How did the camera survive?

[-] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 16 points 8 months ago

Very sturdy pole, and a big chunk of metal mounted in the direction of the blast

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Very sturdy pole

My friends call me this.

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

Be a self respecting polish person.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I’m Canadian.

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

It was a joke

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

No, it was a sturdy pole.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

CAN YOU CANADIAN ASSHOLES STOP FUCKING AROUND IN MY COMMENT REPLY THREADS?

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

No.

Any other questions?

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

Not just the camera, but the (kinda tall) camera man too!

[-] BloodSlut@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

damn, that shit was brigh-

[-] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

WOAH THEY MADE NUKETOWN FROM CALL OF DUTY INTO A REAL THING!!!1

[-] don@lemm.ee 14 points 8 months ago

lmao you ain’t goin to no store ever, homie, that radiation just cooked yo ass

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Idk, how hard can it be to just watch a house?

Easy, I'm gonna bring out my lounge chair & work on my tan. Eh, I forgot my sunglasses, oh well.

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Poof

[-] soulfirethewolf@lemdro.id 7 points 8 months ago

That house looks like it's on the moon

[-] zagaberoo@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago

And interestingly the moon's surface is about the color of asphalt, it's just hyperilluminated to look white just like here.

[-] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 4 points 8 months ago

Wut

[-] don@lemm.ee 30 points 8 months ago

It’s a still from an old video of nuclear weapons test footage. The shadow behind the house and the super white glare means a nuclear bomb has just detonated very near by, and the shockwave is coming to vaporize the house in the picture.