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"Contrary to a common misconception, the shape of the mushroom cloud does not depend on the nuclear or thermonuclear component; as you note, a massive detonation of chemical explosives would produce the same effect." https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-are-the-processes-th/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/w...

What are the processes that determine the strange shape of a mushroom cloud after a nuclear,...

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This happened in 2013, too https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a8900/mushroom-cloud-physics-not-just-for-nukes-15363683/">https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/...

Mushroom Clouds—They're Not Just for Nukes

Yesterday's explosions at a Texas industrial plant produced a menacing mushroom cloud, reminding everyone that this phenomenon doesn't appear only after nuclear detonations.

here& #39;s a non-nuclear mushroom cloud from an explosion at a refinery in Pennsylvania in June 2019 https://www.nbc12.com/video/2019/06/21/explosion-pa-refinery-huge-mushroom-cloud/">https://www.nbc12.com/video/201...

Explosion at Pa. refinery: Huge mushroom cloud

Crews respond to large refinery fire in Philadelphia.

https://www.nbc12.com/video/2019/06/21/explosion-pa-refinery-huge-mushroom-cloud/

Here& #39;s another angle on the 2013 one in Texas https://slate.com/technology/2013/04/is-this-texas-mushroom-cloud-photo-real-yes-but-it-s-from-2008.html">https://slate.com/technolog...

This Mushroom Cloud Is Not From the Fertilizer-Plant Explosion

The image above, widely circulated on social media after Wednesday night's explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, is actually from an oil...

https://slate.com/technology/2013/04/is-this-texas-mushroom-cloud-photo-real-yes-but-it-s-from-2008.html

It doesn& #39;t have the same historical purchase, but to avoid confusion as to the nature of the explosion I& #39;d have gone for the "a national disaster akin to the Halifax Explosion of 1917" https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/halifax-explosion">https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-... https://twitter.com/jenanmoussa/status/1290691749858422784">https://twitter.com/jenanmous...

https://twitter.com/wellerstein/status/1290691665401909248">https://twitter.com/wellerste...

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Here& #39;s the story this thread became #f0e01821c665">https://www.forbes.com/sites/kelseyatherton/2020/08/04/think-halifax-not-hiroshima-for-beirut-explosion/ #f0e01821c665">https://www.forbes.com/sites/kel...

Think “Halifax” Not “Hiroshima” For Beirut Explosion

Mushroom clouds are iconically linked with nuclear explosions, but that is because mushroom clouds are a phenomenon that follows big explosions, and no nuclear detonation is small.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kelseyatherton/2020/08/04/think-halifax-not-hiroshima-for-beirut-explosion/#f0e01821c665

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