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 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] wandermind@sopuli.xyz 28 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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 9 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 9 months ago (1 children)

Whoosh!

[–] DeepFriedDresden@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah I got that one way too late...

[–] Sylver@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Ok that was pretty good

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

Lol, I got it right away. Well done.

[–] wetnoodle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 9 months ago

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

How did the camera survive?

[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Very sturdy pole

My friends call me this.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Be a self respecting polish person.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’m Canadian.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It was a joke

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No, it was a sturdy pole.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

No.

Any other questions?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

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

[–] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

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

[–] BloodSlut@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

damn, that shit was brigh-

[–] don@lemm.ee 14 points 9 months ago

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

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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 9 months ago

Poof

[–] soulfirethewolf@lemdro.id 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That house looks like it's on the moon

[–] zagaberoo@beehaw.org 2 points 9 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 9 months ago (1 children)

Wut

[–] don@lemm.ee 30 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] LordAmplifier@pawb.social 9 points 9 months ago

Oh, that makes way more sense. I thought it was a house on the moon.

[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago

Thank you!!