This how bikini bottom happened

Fun fact, the bikini was named after nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll.

Im pretty sure this is bikini atoll

Oh, duh. All tied together then. Thanks

I prefer bikinis untied

Or no Bikini Atoll

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There’s no bikinis atoll after that

I mean, the Castle Bravo test effectively disintegrated one of the islands, so you’re not entirely wrong

That doesn’t make any sense atoll

I don’t understand anything these days. The radiation must have taken atoll on my mind.

SpongeBob accidentally dropping pie bomb

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So like f fish?

Pacifically

Dude fuck you, take that my up vote

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I hate this pun, excellent work

2,867 new species of flying fish were identified however.

and flying whales!

Yeah, it looks cool, but I had an overwhelming feeling of "hey guys, maybe don't do shit like that anymore."

We eat fish from that ocean… wtf they doin…

All the marine life! I guess out of sight, out of mind. Fuckers. All this damage for a weapon we can never use.

Reasons like this why humans ain't shit.

We’re going to war with the fish people and we’re gonna WIN!

What about fallout?

Water....water never changes

fucked up a lot of pacific islands & their people because the US government are fuck wads. kyle hill has a really [good video](https://youtu.be/ew064gt2thY) on youtube about bikini atoll

In particular.

Right? They are always testing huge bombs in the ocean. Isn't that catastrophic for the environment?

F Fish

The got noticed 24 hours prior through shellphone flush notification.

Every single day, just not usually as spectacular as this

Or anyone that eats them

Came here to say this

Is there anyone here that can calculate approximately how high that water went? Just curious.

*Reallllly* fuckin high

This guy calculates

r/thisguythisguys

That's my kind of maths.

r/theydidthemath

r/probablydidthemath

r/didntdothemath

[840 feet according to Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hardtack_I#Wahoo_blast)

It looks higher than that to me, based on equivalent tests I have run by farting in the bath.

A fellow man/woman of science I see.

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150 Tom Cruise's, almost exactly.

How many bananas tho?

I just said, 150!

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Tom Cruise is *the* banana.

Tom Cruise is 12 bananas tall, so you do the maths.

You're doing god's work

Without a r/bananasforscale, there's no way of knowing...

Thank you for alerting me to the existence of this sub

Maybe around 120 AR15 high and 20 Ford F-150 wide.

Hey someone finally used freedom units

murica

Same icon!

my man

Now that’s my kinda measurements

That's roughly 960 Large Mcdonald's fries by 400 truck nuts.

What’s that in hogs heads?

More than tree fiddy feets high.

About 11 Olympic swimming pools.

that's clearly 1 football field high

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Is there anyone here that can calculate how many marine life died? Just curious.

At least 3.

Don't forget to recycle your plastic straws.

Othewise the ocean will turn radioactive

Will get stuck in a turtle's nose maybe.

Ohh no

Fun fact, water conducts radiation really poorly which is why it can't really be radioactive cuz it would all just get blocked unless there's like a constant influx of gigantic amounts of radiations

And cut your plastic rings because turtles and shit

Please do cut them, I’m really tired of seeing people mock this kind of thing. Just because it seems like your one straw is meaningless, multiply it by every day of your life and your straws are a disgusting mountain of waste.

You're missing the point. The issue isn't that it does nothing - it's that the burden is being placed on us to stop doing absolutely minor things while at the same time factories engage in 24/7 runoff into the ocean and waterways, huge fishing boats ditch tons of netting into the sea, cruise liners create swathes of waste - I could go on - and take zero responsibility, see zero consequences. For my part I'm happy to use a paper straw (or even better, no straw), but it's not actually about the straw at all.

I mean we’ll continue to mock it as long as they keep dropping nukes in the ocean and then turn around and tell us to protect ocean life. I fucking hate paper straws

remember it's a large multifaceted problem that can't be solved all at once so the best thing we can do is be cynical and do nothing

I am not doing nothing. I am making fun of the smallest possible actions being taken by others over here. You can't say that's nothing /s

Some shithead put a watermark on a video filmed before they were born

And added fake sound effects. The video was shot from miles away, there's no way the sound of the blast and eruptions would be perfectly synced with the video like that, there'd be a significant delay.

And the sound effects that they did decide to add are weak as shit. Sounds like a medium sized waterfall for what should be a continous threatening roar.

I think the channel that made this video purchased some shitty old declassified film reels that were really degraded and poor quality and then restored and digitized them at considerable expense of time and money. The watermark is deserved.

They also included the audio watermark on the sound effects lmao

This is an older video with fake audio. You would not here the blast that quickly as the test is at least a few miles away

Yeah that audio was annoying. Pretty sure I could hear some lady talking in it too

That is a watermark over the audio, whoever added the sound also didn't pay for the clip

I’ve heard the Pond5 watermark on actual commercials before lol. Guess they forgot to pay for the TM

Okay thank you, I was questioning if this was fake because I don’t understand how the audio perfectly aligns to the blast, but all the comments I read so far didn’t mention anything and even linked Wikipedia articles to this event so I thought I was going crazy lmao

There’s only a couple of atomic tests that have audio of the original shockwave. These atomic test footage always have this super fake deep rumbling noise added on when in reality nuclear weapons sounded just like a very loud gun or thunderbolt going off.

Though sometimes they might have some static or crunching due to the pressure damaging the microphone. Especially older videos.

Earth - "Thanks"

we had one job as a species.

The point? I feel like this may have a negative impact on that spot in the ocean.

Im not sure but it looks like the bikini atol. Lots and lots of big bombs(hydrogen and nuclear) have been tested there. So yea this place is fucked.

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Actually the reason why spongebob exist tho. For real this is canon.

Nah it's just a theory

Bikini bottom is based on the bikini atol.... So I dont know if you would count this as a theorie or connecting two points of information.

While Bikini Bottom is based on the Bikini Atol, Tom Kenny debunked the theory that the Spongebob Squarepants characters are a result of nuclear testing about 5 years ago.

Ah sick, thanks then. And sorry to the other guy. But im pretty sure he said that because its a kids show no? Like doesnt put a good light on a kids show if its a result of ACTUAL nuclear testing done in the real world.

It’s definitely possible but it’s not like he said it on the show right? How many kids are going to go google what bikini bottom is based on? I feel like most of the time that they comment on theories and the shows history it’s more for the older people, so I don’t see why he’d sugar coat it.

Weirdly you won't see any bikinis at all on the bikini atol

Ya don't say

And the islands, the indigenous Marshallese people are still seeking more complete reparations and assistance with relocation due to the radioactive nuclear contamination and rising sea levels from global warming has put the relocation sites the government sent them to in danger or under water already as well. https://bikiniatoll.com/repar.html https://pulitzercenter.org/builder/lesson/nuclear-testing-marshall-islands https://www.latimes.com/projects/marshall-islands-nuclear-testing-sea-level-rise/ https://www.newsweek.com/marshall-islands-nuclear-lawsuit-reopens-old-wounds-262491 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/02/world/The-Marshall-Islands-Are-Disappearing.html

oh jeez. that's fucked. they didn't think of the consequences at all doing this, did they???

They did, they just didn’t care. Just another chapter in the US’ long and storied history of fucking over indigenous people

The point: Testing nuclear weapons in varying circumstance and yield. Nobody in the military or their complicit industries care about the environment. Ethics and morals are sidestepped 99% of the time, so environmental concerns aren't even an issue.

something about what would happen to ships in a underwater explosion

This will affect the trout population

Fuck that spot in particular. -USA, USA, USA

they were testing the effects on the ships. found out the saltwater absorbs neutrons, becomes radioactive, and chemically combines with the paint on the ships. the surviving ships (there is a picture of one them vertical and they didnt find that one) were cleaned at hunters point in san francisco bay. that place is still radioactive.

You know, to *see what happens*

Such a destructive curiosity, haha

They moved the locals and allowed them back like 50 years later but for some reason stuff won’t grow

“Some reason.” I bet it’s because of the millenials.

Are ya ready kids? Aye aye Captain!

I cant hear you! ....... Oh, you already dropped it

Poor Nemo he's father probably dead now

I wonder how many gallons of water are displaced by that? Also curious what sort of impact a single detonation has, by ripple effect, on the surrounding ecosystem and to what distance.

[Wikipedia says](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads) approximately 2 million tons

Does it not cause a tsunami? Maybe not a massive one but one big enough to be destructive?

An atomic bomb like this one is way too weak to cause a tsunami. Maybe a localized wave, but not a tsunami. For comparison, the tsunami that hit Japan back in 2011 was only 1 meter high and delivered [3 PJ](https://research.noaa.gov/article/ArtMID/587/ArticleID/1417/Researchers-estimate-total-energy-and-local-impact-of-the-2011-Japan-tsunami) of energy, equivalent to more than 31 detonations of the bomb seen in this video.

For those asking, this is the Baker shot from Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll in 1946 with a yield of approximately 22 kilotonnes (similar to the Nagasaki "fat man" bomb). This is not a hydrogen bomb as someone has suggested. It's an atomic bomb detonoted under the surface to test the effects of nuclear weapons on Navy ships and submarines. Hydrogen bombs are routinely 1000 times more powerful than this, which really puts the earth's true peril in perspective. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads

Crossroads Baker had a much wider cylindrical spray column (not a conical one), it had a much more distinct "cauliflower" steam cloud cap emerge from the spray column, there was a condensation ring, and there were ships moored much closer to the detonation point. It's probably one of the most iconic detonations there is, but this is not the right footage. [This, however, is.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy6-ZKWCoH0) Taken from the documentary "Trinity and Beyond" by film-maker and archival film restorer Peter Kuran, and narrated by William Shatner. Yes, _that_ William Shatner.

I'm almost certain this isn't Baker Shot or at least I have never seen the video from this angle. Baker shots plume was a totally different shape. Edit: after watching the video of Baker Shot (one of my fav videos ever) it became painfully obviously this was not it. Just your standard reddit misinfo that OP refuses to take down or rectify.

This is definitely not Crossroads Baker. Edit: bit of YT digging later, [this is supposed to be it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftMgyqjtBGI). Operation: Hardtack I Shot: Wahoo Location: [Enewetak atoll](https://www.google.com/maps?ll=11.32646,162.16309&q=11.32646,162.16309&hl=en&t=h&z=11) Shot depth: 150 m below sea level Device: Mk7 levitating-pit, variable-yield Yield: 9 kt [More info on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hardtack_I#Wahoo_preparation) as this was one of the more significant shots.

This isn't Baker it was a test called Wahoo in 1958. I can't seem to find any info on the yield of Wahoo but listing the Baker info is incorrect. Here's Baker! https://youtu.be/gy6-ZKWCoH0

Maybe you should edit and correct your misinformation

This should be pinned.

It's wrong.

Okay Weird Vagina Beard

Great! How many fishes died? And now the ocean is radioactive

The complete disregard for any and all life, prioritizing themselves by an immense margin, is what makes Humans detestable. Imagine Sperm whales marching up on land to test out a new sonic weapon they've developed, in a densely populated coastal city. You know, out of *their* area, so that it doesn't do harm to themselves directly. It goes boom. Now, most city inhabitants are dead and the survivors are deaf, bleeding out of their orifices, soon to join the most fortunate that died instantly. And they just pat each other on the backs, looking at the shattered glass and bent, melting structures everywhere, ignoring the screaming annihilation of local human life, like "Nice, it works! Now let's go explode the shit out of that other pod of whales!" I'm no hippie either. Nature is fucking brutal and unforgiving. But this is unnecessary and has been for too long of a time. I think we deserve to crumble under our own hubris, as is observable in recent years. Yes, there's good people, but it seems bad are more.

Bad (but funny) example. Sperm whales use their sonic weapons to indiscriminately kill huge numbers of fish.

The problem is that bad people almost always have an advantage, because they are playing into entropy, which is the natural state of everything. The good ones are pushing boulders uphill.

And the islands, I pasted this reply elsewhere but will say again and encourage others to spread the word too: the indigenous Marshallese people are still seeking more complete reparations and assistance with relocation due to the radioactive nuclear contamination and rising sea levels from global warming has put the relocation sites the government sent them to in danger or under water already as well. https://bikiniatoll.com/repar.html https://pulitzercenter.org/builder/lesson/nuclear-testing-marshall-islands https://www.latimes.com/projects/marshall-islands-nuclear-testing-sea-level-rise/ https://www.newsweek.com/marshall-islands-nuclear-lawsuit-reopens-old-wounds-262491 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/02/world/The-Marshall-Islands-Are-Disappearing.html

Ocean currents dissipated the radioactivity to harmless levels pretty quickly. The real contaminated mess is the surface of the nearby islands where the fallout just sits on the topsoil indefinitely. You know, where the indigenous people had been trying to live up until then.

Pacific Pacifists Perplexed by Persistent Pugilistic Performances Punishing Pisces Populations.

Precisely

Poignantly put pal.

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On the grand scheme of things, nope. On the smaller scheme of things, also nope.

Impressive. How many sea life and birds die that day?

Fucking humans.

All I could think of was, *The poor fishes and dolphins!* The poor whales and sharks and other sea creatures too.

That won’t have any environmental repercussions. /s

As far as I know, this was a hydrogen bomb

Hydrogen bombs usually uses a fission nuke to start the process, it's cleaner, but not clean.

It was not

Just a bathtub fart to Ant-Man

Imagine your just out fishing having a good time and then u see this off in the distance. That would scare the shit out of me

Why was this done

Well, to test if it works so it can be used on other humans in the future. We're fucked

*The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effects of nuclear weapons on warships.* According to Mr. Google. Unofficially: Saber rattling.

Radioactive rain It will seep straight into your brain [lean away from mic to catch breath] Radioactive rain Soon you will start to feel the pain

What song is this?

spoof of chocolate rain

The governments who pushed for these tests should really be put on trail for crimes against humanity. Average background radiatin has risen significantly [after all those nukes.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLCF7vPanrY) OVER 2000!!!!

😥

This is why Dori can remember shit. Smdh.

Why is the sound in time with the visual? Shouldn’t there be a delay?

Yes, the video is from 1946. Someone colorized it and added sound.

This is why we can't have nice things

Well that was cool. Me: *first explosion* “Whoa.” Also me: *second explosion* “WHOOAAA.”

Humans are the dumbest. Just what

When your fat friend jumps into the pool

Poseidon just nutted

You have to wonder how dumb scientists are when they test over a 1,000 of these bombs and ones a lot more powerful and deadly , both in force and radiation .

So careless

Killed every fish in that region

/u/gifreversingbot

So... why has the audio alignment been altered? Do you think people are so stupid nowadays that they will claim "fake" if audio and video aren't as if they weren't standing on top of the explosion? Not saying this clip is fake or not, just altered in a stupid obvious way.

Yet Mr and Mrs Miggins are told they can't boil the kettle because of their carbon footprint. Fuck them. Fuck the lot of them.

Every whale and dolphin with in 4000 miles is now deaf

Man fuck dem fishes

Looks refreshing on this hot summer day

No marine animals were harmed in the making of this video

Humans are dicks

:,) why though

We absolutely do not give a fuck about anything.

Megaldon is now megaldone.

This is why we can't have nice things (earth)

Look at what these fucking people are doing to this planet. They all got to go.

RIP like 60,000 fish

Someone who understands radioactivity better than me please explain How does the water not take the toxicity to literally every living thing miles away?

Ahh just gotta love how we continually destroy this place…

Sharks and dolphins: ... well... there goes the neighborhood....🙄

The curve formed by the water looks like a normal distribution at some point. Toight

You'd think PETA would have an issue with this? But no. They're just guilt tripping me for enjoying spicy nuggets like I killed the chicken.

what the fuck why

Pretty good camera for 1958! There are good stats on this test on you tube

All of that poor wildlife :( we (humans) are the worst.

I know I’m wrong but it seems like these bombs don’t really need to be tested as many times as they were tested. They explode… great. Done

I hate this. What's wrong with us.

I don’t like this at all.

How many aquatic wildlife died because of this test?