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Nuclear Detonation Timeline "1945-1998"

Don't Blink · 1.2M views · 2010-07-13 · 10:00

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Overview

A timeline visualization plotting the 2053 nuclear tests and detonations from 1945 to 1998 on a world map, with sound marking each blast. It conveys the pace of the nuclear arms race.

On Hacker News

HN links it as a reference for the history and distribution of nuclear tests, and occasionally as an example of audio data presentation.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2011–2019

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Military history & warfareData visualization & information design
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nuclear testsarms racedata visualizationcold warsonification

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Angostura · 2019-10 · Reference

Just pondering whether there is a system that converts line graphs into series of rising and falling tones, while a voice reads out the x axis markers. If you have multiple series, you could have different sounds running in parallel - sin wave, square wave or perhaps musical instruments each denoting a different series. That might actually be usable if there was an automated system for creating them on the fly. There's also this kind of approach [VIDEO]

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Retric · 2014-04 · Criticism

The last 30 seconds of that video mention it but there way off base. Humanity has done a lot of above ground nuclear testing and for the most part unless your vary close it's simply a slight increase in cancer risk. [VIDEO]

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simonsarris · 2011-03 · Reference

There is a timeline form 1945 to 1998 of all the nuclear detonations recorded, where they took place and what nation did it. [VIDEO]

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