The Scale of Mushroom Clouds

[@RojoFern]

After sitting on this for a couple months now I've come to the realization that my explanation as to the formation of condensation rings was absolutely abysmal. It's actually a near complete reversal as to how I explained it. If you know anything about the formation of mach cones around aircraft approaching the sound barrier, it's much the same. While the shock front itself is an area of high pressure, its movement of air creates an equally intense region of low pressure behind it. As I demonstrated earlier in the video, reducing the pressure results in a drop in temperature, and when you lower the temperature of moist air, you're primed for the formation of cloud droplets. As the low pressure region passes, temperatures rise, and the cloud dissipates. This is why rings (and wilson clouds) form. A running list of other screw-ups: 1. Cumulonimbus clouds do not have the subset castellanus. I had meant to say cumulonimbus calvus, or cumulonimbus clouds that haven't formed an anvil. 2. The outer casing of the TX-16 was not aluminum, it was steel. 3. For whatever reason, I mispronounced "noctilucent" as "nocticulent". 4. The bombing of Hiroshima occured on August 6th, three days before the 9th, not two. If you find any others, please let me know so I can correct them.

[@taxfraud5627]

broccoli

[@darksu6947]

I hope your butt wasn't too sore after sitting on this fantastic video for so long

[@dean8877]

2:11 😮😮

[@coobk]

dont worry! mistakes drive engagement!

[@johnba291972]

What was the aluminum tube spitting fire you talked about at the end coz I don't remember hearing anything about it before. Have heard of the Trinity tests, Hiroshima and even the Tsar bomba, but no idea what that last bit referred to and you ended the video after mentioning it without explanation.

[@lancebradshaw4829]

After seeing both this and your tornado scale video, I'm definitely left wanting more content like this.

[@samuelsafford4201]

that's why I'm here and just subbed, this dude is the cloud master

[@robertvancuyck3791]

Facts

[@AFMR0420]

I watched the other last night. Saw styropyro’s comment and subbed.

[@willswift94]

Bobbybroccoli has content like this

[@NotWillVenner]

I hope he does a volcanic ash cloud video

[@mcgee9777]

This man is one of the biggest enigmas on KZbin. Goes from posting short memes to 30 and 40 minutes video essays on tornadoes and mushroom clouds. I love it, keeps it up man

[@hashkangaroo]

Biggest enigma on KZbin, my arse! Bargain Basement Bobby Broccoli.

[@mcgee9777]

@@hashkangaroo I think you missed the “one of” but everyone has their own opinion.

[@shay4501]

Dont skip your meds please@@hashkangaroo

[@RAAM855]

You're lying if you said you didnt have a phase where you fell down the rabbithole and became infatuated with Tornados and Nukes and spent afternoons watching footage. everyone has a Tornado phase cause they are just that cool and fascinating

[@crazydrummer181]

Kinda reminds me of EmpLemon who started out making KZbin poops to hour and a half long entertaining documentary style videos.

[@delayed_control]

I wish you talked more about Starfish Prime cause it's interesting: that debris cloud was so high that it wasn't really a mushroom cloud anymore but an _aurora_ - the shape was dictated by Earth's magnetic field. The explosion created an artificial radiation belt around Earth that remained for months and damaged several satellites.

[@AllisterCaine]

Also, nukes need... Dont know the proper term in english "stützmasse" (literally "column/base mass"). Without air and matter, there is just radiation plus the little blast that is mediated by the bombs own mass.

[@ryanspence5831]

​@@AllisterCainein English this may be called "reaction mass", atmosphere, or simply a medium.

[@AllisterCaine]

@@ryanspence5831 Thanks! I try to not butcher the English language whenever possible, but this time I was was helpless. Medium makes sense, especially.

[@ryanspence5831]

@@AllisterCaine You're very welcome. You write very eloquently and with perfect grammar.

[@irenafarm]

I feel as if that’s a different video maybe. There’s also a project in…Alaska I think?…that does various experiments doing very localized energizing of the ionosphere. It’s astonishing how much energy it requires for us to _slightly perturb_ our planet. Short term, that is. Over the long term, we’re insanely good at making huge changes with tiny inputs. 😰

[@plasticlemmon3288]

"Now I am become sleepy, the goer to bed" -J. Robert Oppenheimer

[@dx-ek4vr]

“Now I am become high, the Smoker of Weed”

[@joeypaulzine3769]

“now I am become twitter, the destroyer of opinions”

[@user-mv2iu5pd3v]

Now I've become rick , the roler of words

[@RazgrizXMG0079]

Nappinheimer

[@ryanoglesbee1075]

How now, brown cow?

[@jadeboi2868]

That ending sequence is amazing

[@kaelenleckie3031]

It’s beautiful and terrifying.

[@ErickMartin-fx7co]

Indeed

[@b_f_d_d]

Truly Beautiful

[@olivere5497]

Whos the music?

[@jadeboi2868]

@@olivere5497 30000 megatons by Pond

[@chinalakefox6390]

At 39:00, the flash reveal of text in time with the music is pure art. Whether it was intended to be punchy or to give the audience a taste of what it would've been like to watch the test occur, that is a positively gorgeous use of the medium. You get all of the gold stars.

[@miamiole]

It wasn't coincidence, that's for sure. This was artistic genius.

[@m.i.c.h.o]

@@miamiole Yeah this is incredible

[@ScottServais-poet]

Gave me goosebumps for sure

[@andrewsad1]

The 30,000 Megatons sequence was a vibe and a half. Haven't felt that particular brand of dread since I read Cat's Cradle

[@ItalianCountryball11]

Fr, 30,000 Megatons is FIRE 🔥

[@lukelanglais7471]

was masterfully put together in this vid, makes you feel some type of way

[@irenafarm]

I’ve recently returned to school to get a degree in climate science. I’m both less frightened of random nuclear events, since studying geosystems, and also more anxious about our human superpower to mess things up with stupidness.

[@mikado4786]

Pond really ought to use this sequence for their music video. It hits really hard.

[@omgpuppet]

The starfish prime sequence is genuinely one of the best things I’ve ever seen. Wish you all the success.

[@mikado4786]

Indeed this ending is art….that is also mildly informative. Really though, it’s beautiful.

[@majesticalmike290]

I ADORE the mix of informative video essay and then sudden shitpost meme humor sprinkled in.

[@piratedgenes]

Same

[@BierBart12]

Whoppenheimer

[@minigunner1218]

The formation of Starfish Prime's fireball (among other Fishbowl detonations') could use a little explanation. It formed into those lines because the blast was so high up that the paths of the blast's highly-charged particles were deformed by Earth's magnetic field. This changes the understanding of how EMPs resulting from near-space detonations work when you take that into account. On a completely different note, any chance you could do a Scale of Volcanoes video? I really liked both this and the one on tornadoes.

[@hithedragon7842]

A volcano video would be awesome. Such an interesting subject.

[@detectivepikachu1748]

thank you so much ive been trying to find videos and links of an explanation or a picture. it makes a lot more sense now

[@dirtypure2023]

Why did they call it "Operation Fishbowl"?

[@pahtar7189]

If you a the volcano video, be sure to include the (apparently) dead super-volcanoes on Mars and the plethora of ever-changing volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io!

[@bobbyhumphrey199]

I can see it now, he spits some facts on the biggest supervolcanic eruption known from the geological record and then hits us with the plot twist of flood basalt eruptions with some music that just gives you chills

[@lhaviland8602]

I feel like a video on volcanic eruptions would be the perfect finish to this trilogy.

[@tescoshortage]

Music list 2:43 - Live Worms - Josh Lippi 3:56 - Electro Montage - Geoff Bastow 4:49 - Valley of Minds D - Tim Juckes 7:55 - The Burning - Lost Years 8:14 - Funky Fanfare - Keith Mansfield 8:50 - Kappa - Unit 9 10:42 - Theme of _The Price Is Right_ 10:57 - Dawn to Dusk - Lee Mason 11:55 - Sorrow - Pink Floyd 13:03 - Darkside - Georges Rodi 15:18 - Starways - Brian Chatton 19:06 - Friends and Neighbors - Alan Hawkshaw 20:43 - The Av Conception: Part 4 - Geoff Bastow 23:10 - Repeater - Astral Sounds 27:33 - Telecom - James Asher 28:58 - Signs of Life - Pink Floyd 31:06 - Masterplan - Nicolo Bardoni 33:50 - Rettung - Klaus Doldinger 34:31 - Nocturne - Benolt Hutin 37:54 - 30,000 Megatons - Pond

[@jackstone8074]

Thanks

[@BleedForTheWorld]

The goat

[@carktheshark]

13:47 - The Ground Plane - Bill Wurtz

[@resistivewig610]

we need more people like you bro

[@Drummr88]

Bro, I'm writing you into my Will for this!

[@TacetCat]

As impressive as mushroom clouds are, the graphic at 17:34 more put into perspective just how huge cumulonimbus clouds are.

[@kiwi_2_official]

clouds are big

[@Fugels]

The starfish prime ending pulled a single emotion out of me; fear. Well done, good sir, well done.

[@Lancer_0010]

Very nice going from the tzar bomba to a smaller, yet much deadlier nuke in fucking space

[@lockheedx33]

Starfish Prime, aka the largest firework ever launched and highest firework ever detonated

[@alecverp]

The last clips of operation fishbowl with 30000 megatons playing brought a tear to my eye, what a beautiful ending to an amazing video, keep up the great work!

[@60103FlyingScotsman]

That bit of ivy mike, where you go from the intial stage to the mushroom cloud, absolutely knocked it out of the park

[@mrmadmaxalot]

Yeah, that and the end sequence were great! I had to back up and watch that and the end over immediately after. The end made me feel like I hadn't just watched a video, I'd had an experience! haha

[@pepsihat]

Man I love these video essays you make. Not only are they funny, but they're also informative, and I love the graphics you show to compare the blasts. Also I'm a sucker for Pink Floyd so take my like 👍

[@RojoFern]

Gilmour's guitar can make anything better

[@jimmyvuletich9453]

I knew I wasn’t tripping 😂😂 Sorrow, right?

[@highcat2046]

What's really wild to think about regarding the Tzar Bomba test is how far away one could be, while still being able to see it. It was still visible over 600 miles away, and it's heat could be felt at 160 miles distance from ground zero. To put it in perspective, I live about 180 miles away from Manhattan, and New York City. If a 50 megaton device was used against one of those locations, not only would both be deleted from the list of things that physically exist, I would be able to step outside and see the explosion with near perfect clarity, and I'd feel the heat of nearly ten million people being purged from reality. We know the shockwave from the blast encompassed the earth three times, with the first wave making it's way around the earth in just over 36 hours, with the circumference of the earth being around 25,000 miles, we can conclude the shockwave was initially traveling at an average speed of about 700 miles per hour for the first circumventing wave. With a distance of about 180 miles from myself and the theoretical ground zero, it would take around 15 and a half minutes for this deity flattening gust of wind to reach me and give my house a new pressure wash at just a hair shy of the speed of sound.

[@drewendly89]

I read that even at 100km 3rd degree burns would happen, which is probably death id assume. I grew up in Laguna Beach about 65 miles/1hr drive south of downtown LA. Crazy to think if 50MT hit LA people on the beach in Laguna/Orange County would be fried 😯

[@kaathesacolyte2943]

And even that is dwarfed by asteroid strikes. The KPG ( KT) impact had a yield of 100 teratons

[@highcat2046]

​@@kaathesacolyte2943Basically getting spawn wiped wherever that big ol' chunk of rock hits.

[@kiwi_2_official]

its*

[@michaelbuckers]

The legend has it, that the yield was limited to 50 megaton because soviet scientists were worried about the possibility of runaway nuclear ignition of atmospheric oxygen.

[@Three_Cubed]

God we cannot stop watching that ending with Starfish Prime, that is such a marvelous piece of just, musical connection with an outstanding reveal of what's bigger than the Tsar Bomba. The mushroom cloud from it reminds me of a Enoki mushroom too, which is befitting of the video too. God, we love it.

[@Nefville]

This is seriously one of the best videos I've ever seen on KZbin and I've been watching since 2006. If you did something like this semi-ish-regularly this would be a multi-million subscriber channel in short order. Its like Martin Scorsese did documentaries on KZbin. Your pacing, your music, your narration, writing and graphics - its that good. Bravo, this is an absolute masterpiece and high point on this entire platform and I really mean that.

[@deathlis]

I think we should have an international contest to see who can make the biggest mushroom cloud out of the smallest bomb. For the advancement of science or something.

[@TheRealFraston]

Largest smoke grenade challenge.

[@davisdf3064]

​@@TheRealFraston biggest flashbang too

[@Chiberia]

Your editing timing is phenomenal. Don't ever change your pacing.

[@the_sedi643]

In terms of small youtuber essays, this is easily the best one I have ever seen. Just the attention to detail and music choices make this video something one would see in a museum!

[@SupersuMC]

Definitely a museum-worthy piece.

[@galaxyofreesesking2124]

This video is a total masterclass in story-telling by editing and script. The fact that it was so easy to follow, I think, is really a byproduct of how meticulously well-made everything besides the information you tried to convey is actually crafted -- for lack of a better word.

[@carktheshark]

The short moments of silence really showcases the magnitude and horror of these weapons, well done!

[@hashkangaroo]

Speak for yourself, mate! I watched this on x2 and it was _still_ painful to listen to, what with all the pauses every two sentences, the complete lack of pacing that makes you think he's having a dementia moment, and above all the _endless_ padding. It's Bobby Broccoli, or rather a bargain basement copy done by an amateur way out of his depth.

[@envrnmntlsm]

@@hashkangaroobros rarted

[@Alexander_Grant]

@@hashkangaroo It's okay that your opinion is wrong.

[@hashkangaroo]

@@Alexander_Grant And it's sad that you have comically bad taste.

[@Alexander_Grant]

@@hashkangaroo Again, it's okay that your opinion is wrong.

[@YouWereOneIker]

These deserve so much more attention.

[@agendrairbendr1717]

That ending blew my mind, beautifully done, especially with the overlay on the graph, and the perfect music choice and timing.

[@oliverbaker8575]

"you can get on with your day now..." how am i supposed to continue my day after having an existential crisis over the power we humans hold.

[@randombassist1180]

The quality of your tornado size video and this video deserves way more subscribers and views, you clearly put monumental effort into each one

[@red40...]

Dude i absolutely love this video, especially the end. Ive always known atomic bombs are big, that the tsar is the biggest, but ive never had the build up in size shown to me like this before and both of the times ive watched this completely through so far has made my jaw drop. Really inspires me to make my own video essays, keep up the good work.

[@silymon]

That is some FIRE editing at 39:00. This deserves more attention

[@cloudftw113]

The music, the timing of the flash and text, it had me replaying it multiple times.

[@roter7991]

This was absolutely amazing. Not only did you make it funny and easy to digest, but you even showed a little bit of the science behind it.

[@jonvelde5730]

Well now I feel like crying. You have successfully induced a state of existential dread.

[@austinhuskey2921]

The Operation Fishbowl sequence gave me goosebumps.

[@Astro_weeeeee]

I loved the term physics package, like "hey whats in that box? Oh this is just the pure unbridled force of physics itself"

[@failosaurus6764]

Editing: 10/10 Music: 10/10 Narration: 10/10 Content: 10/10 Comedic Timing: 10/10 It's wild that I happened on this video at random on a god damn Saturday and I've watched it twice and shared it with everyone I know. 40 minutes of my life have never gone by so quickly. Fantastic work man

[@hashkangaroo]

Baby's first attempt at slavishly copying Bobby Broccoli, with the skills of a drunk clown.

[@kiwi_2_official]

@@hashkangaroo bobby broccoli copied from jon bois lmfao, this is how ideas work

[@cptkirkpyro5656]

38:00-39:00 really shows your true skills and ability to capture the viewer. these 60 seconds are probably the best on KZbin in general and I've been watching for almost 2 decades daily.

[@Hanna_Stefanowska]

Fantastic content, well edited and narrated. You should have far more subs

[@gosborg]

I agree. Great content.

[@Theblackdahlia1]

Heck yeah! He kills it and has great videos start to finish.

[@METAL1ON]

WOW. Ive had a plethora of knowledge on nuclear tests over the years but this was like a breath of fresh air. Never have I heard an explanation of the skirts or the sizes of the clouds. Not only that but it was put together in a beautiful package that kept me sat here throughout the whole video. Wonderful video that deserves to be preserved just as much as the nuclear tests themselves.

[@L0CV5T]

Ive never genuinely gotten goosebumps from a video until this Please more of these, these are awesome, and you’re awesome.

[@davidci]

Commenting again just to say that this is one of the best displays of audiovisual masterpiece I've ever seen on KZbin. The combination of music and visuals at the end is too perfect that you indirectly made me not only discover a new band but also fall in love with their songs.

[@bobsmith8178]

39:36 What I find even more terrifying and awe inspiring about Starfish Prime is that those colossal thermospheric streaks, a hand of god reaching up to 1000 km into the heavens were caused by a nuke 50 times smaller than the Tsar Bomba. Imagine how truly enormous the clouds created by Starfish Prime could’ve been if an Ivy King was on that rocket. Operation Fishbowl truly is a testament to humanity’s destructive potential and the lengths we are willing to go for knowledge. This is hands down the best video essay I’ve watched.

[@I-Stole-Your-Toast700]

Theres 2 things humans like: Big explosions and even bigger explosions

[@PaulHenning84]

the ending to this video is perfect, my favorite part is Starfish Prime. The music, the animation, use of footage was perfect.

[@bowsermario6]

honestly I don't comment that much on many videos. but I have to make an exception here: the last few minutes of the video was something else. Absolutely great choice for the music at the end and syncing it to what is going on to make it that much more impactful. Just gives me chills. first time I keep going back to a video just to replay the last few minutes. My first reaction upon first watching this was like "No, he's got to be fucking crazy. there's no way there's something bigger than the Tsar Bomba... Right?" and then I got blown away (pun might or might not be intended). Hell, even before the last part, I was equally stunned by the introduction of Joe-111 (Tsar Bomba). that part much like what was before it was done so well. Immediate new subscriber earned for sure without any hesitation

[@Jeffrythesheep1]

Your videos have been absolutely fantastic, I love the instrumental/musical transitions that you make between info dumps. really adds character to the whole experience and gives an EmpLemon vibe(Which is great btw).

[@Vifnis]

I genuinely do not regret watching this in full, a fantastic showing... definitely nice to relive some of the highlights of the bygone eras we all likely missed!!! ("only" 50 MT - r.i.p. Novaya Zemlya)

[@ceremyjlarkson9475]

This was great! All the cinematography was great, animations were wonderful, loved it. Especially the audio. Great job, hoping to see more and you'll blow up some day!

[@imhaddanitattaxx4172]

Wait this is 4 months old? KZbin is absolutely slouching with reccomendeds now. This is right up my alley

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

Man, I'm not entirely sure what you're doing on KZbin but I sure as hell am gratefull you're uploading all this amazing material. I absolutely love the vibe of your videos. Cheers.

[@LDSG_A_Team]

the craftsmanship in this video is incredible. thank you for this

[@Nupetiet]

I really like how you effectively used music for mood and pacing. Very good work.

[@funpotatoman]

Words cannot begin to describe the feeling I get while watching the final two sequences of this video. Starting at 31:06, the song overlapping with Kennedy's speech during the Joe-111 footage was immaculate; the Starfish Prime sequence even more so.

[@behindthewolfseyes]

Top notch, with a mix of hard info and a presentation that gets some emotion flowing. I love the fake out scene transition where we assume we're seeing another nuclear flash. Subbed all

[@scottoleson1997]

Such a trip to hear my favorite electronic band POND at the end. I didn’t even know the song, but instantly recognized the vocals and synths. Amazing

[@Nawakooo0]

The presentation, story-telling and audio design is immaculate. The whole video felt like an actual dream, a euphoric dream, lysergide in some ways. Bravo

[@m.i.c.h.o]

Yeah, this was probably one of the best youtube video I've seen in at least a year. Just sheer goddamn qualty. Please do one on eruptions or asteroid impacts in the future, or anything really Edit: This is one of the few times I see something and genuinely cannot understand or believe this doesn't have like >10 million views. Please keep it up!

[@l-g-art]

The POND song was a pleasant surprise! 38:44

[@kre8or465]

Ok but, the building tension from 19:05 to 20:40.... masterful

[@weekiely1233]

This is an incredible video. It’s simplistic yet effective at its aim and brings sheer power and scale to perspective As someone who knows a bit about fishbowl I had no idea it was that big expansion wise.

[@RojoFern]

Honestly, I remember literally sitting in absolute awe for a good ten minutes when I was making the photogramtric measurements for this video. Judging by the height of the fireball's epicenter relative to the perspective of the C-135 that took the photos, it's likely starfish prime's plumes stretched to an altitude anywhere between 700 and 1000km, which seems utterly outlandish until you remember the "great white fingers" were visible for 1000s of miles all across the Pacific. Viewers on Kwajelein reportedly had to look upward 45 degrees to see the explosion, and they were 1600 miles from Johnston atoll. I suppose that's just what you get when atomized debris traveling at dozens of times the speed of sound has practically no atmosphere to impede it.

[@weekiely1233]

@@RojoFern not to mention the electromagnetic impact. It created its own ionosphere, fried 6 satellites, caused power cuts in hawaii and created aurora in not only the sky around the test but on the other side of the earth. Truly one of the greatest displays of sheer human power ever

[@RojoFern]

It's fitting that arguably one of the most poorly planned and problematic nuclear tests in history created one of its most immense and beautiful spectacles.

[@ChessieSystem1973]

@@RojoFernI love the use of Rettung from the Das boot soundtrack for Joe-111!

[@astroboy3291]

This video left me speechless for a minute or two. At first I was so happy to get a good explanation, about the "anatomy" of a nuclear mushroom cloud, I was wishing for so long. But stuff got really crazy fast. This is basically a full blown documentary, that set things into perspective, even for me, who is a sucker for these kind of videos for years. I really enjoyed those 40 minutes. Great editting and soundtrack too! EDIT: Don't know what else you make, but.. what the hell, subscribed.

[@mrhoneycutter]

I need more of your video essays, you got a great editing style and delivery. You def have something here, and hope you keep at it (provided you enjoy it and it brings you happiness).

[@SeanMacadelic]

4:19 Don’t think for a second we missed that syncing of the Electric Synth sting and the detonation of the nuke …just *mwah* chef’s kiss!

[@enderriky9684]

10 minutes into the video and I'm just captivated, can see this is a good watch, I have nothing else to say and I just wanted to comment to the algorithm gods recommend this video to more people

[@AeonZer0]

Dude this was amazing. From the editing to the sound to the dark humor, this video is extremely well done. It manages to be very informative while being extremely entertaining and digestible. Keep it up, this is excellent stuff.

[@bloodhound627]

good LORD this was a wonderful essay. thank you so much for sharing; it was endlessly entertaining, and, even though i (almost ;)) saw the ending coming, it was ridiculously enjoyable and informative the entire way through. massive props, and a huge thank-you to the youtube algorithm for recommending this wonderful work to me. much love

[@n9go]

my... le bomb... it... le killed people??

[@Trippy_Space_Bunny]

I had already forgotten the title of the video and was getting lost in the non nuclear ☁️ talk, the segue into mushroom clouds almost felt abrupt lol Love that musical clip from Ground Plane by Bill Wurtz and the animation you put to it 🙃 Is it the biggest cloud Me: probably not No, cut to space Me: The Ort Cloud doesn't count 🤣 Awesome vid so far Oooo love the credits

[@franklinthompson7336]

The use of 30000 megatons was so fitting and one of my favorite songs

[@erixmix]

Bless u dude, I never thought YTP-brained video essay-ish content could ever be a thing but this is outstanding work.

[@drewmortenson]

I damn near cried at the end, the song was perfect. Wonderfully done, so glad I could get here before this goes nuts.

[@42VS42]

I can't efficiently put my reaction to words, so I'll just say: That.. was.. incredibly well-done.

[@MrPierdole123]

Hi! At the start of the video I didn't exactly enjoy your delivery and the tedious way it was being explained but throughout the video it feels like the script evolved and the writing became more and more to the point. This video went from "Kind agood, enjoying the "how big was that" story to "God damn that's a good video" ._. You nailed the ending mate. 10/10

[@zacherade1541]

This was incredible. Up there with the likes of Lemmino and other youtube greats. You should definitely have more subscribers but at least you just gained one more

[@r.w.bottorff7735]

This channel is of a higher quality, and an excellent example of what KZbin was made for. Thank you!

[@TheSangson]

I just got goosebumps from a scientific documentary video. Holy shit man, you are gifted

[@hashkangaroo]

You are the reason why comedy is going down the toilet.

[@bruisebruise1341]

If you thought you could drop one of the most amazing ending to a video I've ever seen and not get binge watched then I'd be doing you a disservice.

[@michaelgadsby]

Informational value and presentation acumen aside, your music choices are absolutely stellar. Hearing 'Masterplan' by Nick Bardoni and Steve Warr commensurate to JFK's July 26th 1963 Address to The Nation regarding the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was phenomenally haunting against the real footage montage. The sequence reminded me of a lot of Paul Hardcastle's '19'.

[@lorenmax2.013]

I watched this video while on a 40° (Celsius) fever. Probably not my brightest idea, because I was stuck on an endless fever dream of getting vaporized by explosions

[@impaler331]

I hope this man gets bigger. I just started with the tornado scale video and im hooked. You can tell you actually are interested in the subjects.

[@tjock-tv5181]

Not sure why KZbin decided to show this to me. But I sat here watching all of it. Absolutely brilliant.

[@Dexter_459]

This video is so well edited, and funny! It's so good! The intro is incredibly clean.

[@stephenm879]

Great music selections. Comedic timings still phenomenal. Keep up the great work on these videos. Will share because this bomb ass video needs to be seen.

[@zachlap3020]

How does his have this low of views, this content is amazing! Left me feeling almost like after watching a good movie

[@tomaspetrica9859]

This video has no joke one of the best endings I have ever seen in my entire life

[@ronin_user]

SpongeBob makes much more sense if you accept the fact that Bikini Bottom is full of mutants.

[@atinofspam3433]

the starfish prime ending was incredible! need more content ASAP!

[@Nithmeia]

the loss of words I have... I don't know if it was the perfect soundtrack, the stunning graphics, the immaculate editing, or the sheer horror that man has and will continue to build such tangible and disgusting raw existence-shattering weapons. The reality of such a... I dare not even call this a weapon anymore. Since childhood, the field has been fascinating to me, but the scale of it all and its repercussions have always been a pressure-raising thing to think about; waves of nausea, blurring vision, tears, and an almost catatonic period that follows after a small anxiety attack. And feeling like I'm about to have an aneurysm or stroke. Grief so strong that it forces me to forget and only remember the curiosity I felt and "explosions cool"; a cycle turning once more so I can rediscover the shame and looming threat it has brought us all. My body aches at what I witnessed once more. I am feeling numb. I have forgotten the simple sentence I wanted to leave. I wish so much better for us all. gonna go drink now

[@Nithmeia]

video really good

[@Nithmeia]

like. really good. same with the tornado one. phenomenal work, all of it. two of the best pieces of media I've ever consumed from every standpoint: research, scoring, visuals and visual aids, script, narration, pacing, tone clarity, and intent. probably even more but I wasn't a film major. and the humor to coax the viewer through it all. [I accidentally deleted the rest of this but I just got a severe pain in my chest so, peace)

[@viesturskrapans6028]

You know you made an amazing mildly informative video essay when the outro song on KZbin has references to your video.

[@TwinleaftheDragon]

You do amazing work man, honestly. Makes me wanna get back into video editing with how nice your stuff is

[@gen2mediainc.577]

thanks for introducing POND to the world, their shit is actually crazy catchy and i can see them popping off soon because of the exposure you have given them.

[@FromZeroToZed]

Great documentary, and the fact you played Pond at the end was the icing on the cake for me. Good job keep em coming!

[@infernosgaming8942]

That Starfish Prime ending was just perfect. No better way to say it.

[@vcallinan]

Man I just found out about your channel and between this video and the tornado one, you have something going here! Both were extremely informative and entertaining. I truly hope you keep making videos like this! Subscribed :)

[@PleadsDS]

I come to your channel when I want to feel a strange sort of existential anxiety that makes sleeping and, sometimes, breathing, feel like a struggle. Great content!

[@mesocyclone1343]

where the fuck is the next one this shits amazing glad i just so happened to stumble appon this. its informative and its genuinely well made and had a lot of time put into it, anyone who says they dislike this is a liar and has so much egregiously thick bellybutton lint you could use it as a beard. im so shocked at its quality while writing this comment i misspelled uppon twice!

[@calibur1128]

It' always terrifying to see the utterly massive doomsday shroom slowly shrink into the darkness when you reveal the next thing about 3 times it's size.

[@TheFBI911]

you are severely underrated my guy, keep up the work, you're sure to hit the gold soon!

[@akazera]

This video is a gem. Editing, music choices and story telling are top tier, hat off to you man.