After watching the movie
Trinity and Beyond for the umpteenth time yesterday, I remembered a question that I meant to ask before the Round Table forum at THR closed:
What the heck are these lines in the air next to the mushroom during nuclear testing?
They are seen both in photographs and video of atmospheric testing of yesteryear.
Primarily, they are vertical to the mushroom, but on rare occasions, they also appear horizontal to the cloud. Again, these are in photographs
and video, so its not damaged film (the lines are captured from different angles of the same tests a multitude of times).
I have done a search on the web, but so far have found nothing. Theres no particular reason I need to know other than to satisfy a personal curiosity.
I found a few examples after a brief search, but these are just a few examples of
many. The first photograph is of those relatively rare horizontal lines, with the rest being of the typical vertical nature. I apologize in advance to dial-up users as the last two photos are rather large.
Horizontal lines:
Vertical lines:
