CSPAN2 BOOK TV June 22, 2024
The entire city convulsed. At its burst point, the center of the explosion reached temperatures higher than at the center of the sun, and the velocity of its shock wave exceeded the speed of sound. A tenth of a millisecond later, all of the materials that had made up the bomb converted into an ionized gas. The thermal heat of the air ignited a fireball with an internal temperature of over 540,000 degrees fahrenheit. Within one second the blazing fireball expanded from 52 feet to its maximum size of 750 feet in do you meaner the. Diameter. Within three seconds the ground below reached an estima...