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Under an Atomic bomb – Trinitite

Trinitite is the glassified or sintered sand below the Trinity blast in 1945

Trinitite is glassified soil from the Trinity site of the first atomic blast in 1945. 67 years later it is only mildly radioactive. The site is now covered and new samples are not able to be collected. Nevertheless it was only a few dollars on eBay for this 1.83 g sample. This sample is seen over the port of my pancake Geiger counter.
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Exploding Stuff

A Terminator like picture of steel wool electrically exploded.

Exploding stuff is simple and fun. Just put the conductive stuff to be exploded across the capacitor output and it will vaporize (unless it’s a hot dog).  The capacitor bank is discharging 5 kJ in to some steel wool for more impressive sparkler effects.
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