The Power of Explosions

Yes, we manage to blow things up real good. MetaBallStudios takes us through the power of various explosives starting with a firecracker, which is not supposed to kill anyone but could under the right circumstances. The comparison moves up through ever-more destructive big booms. Some of the real explosions are shown in fictional scenarios so that we can understand the effects better. For example, the nuclear bomb detonated in Nagasaki in 1945 is shown over modern-day Tokyo, and the 2020 Beirut explosion (which was an industrial accident) is shown over New York City. That can be pretty unnerving. (via Geeks Are Sexy)