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2007-09-22 07:14:15 · 7 answers · asked by Luda R 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
A large nuclear explosion might make a cloud large enough to be visible in the daytime, although it might get lost among all the water vapor clouds. On the other hand, if set off on the night side, the explosion would probably be VERY visible, it would appear as a very bright flash of light much brighter than the city lights which are already visible from space. Of course it depends largely on the power of the nuclear bomb.
2007-09-22 07:18:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read somewhere that it's pretty easy to spot the Great Wall of China from orbit, so a mushroom cloud shouldn't be out of the question.
Doug
2007-09-22 07:23:54 · answer #2 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, the actual mushroom could might be hard to see, it depends on the size of the bomb.
and no, the great wall of china isnt visable from space like the other dude said, some astronaust said it wasnt like a year ago.
2007-09-22 13:05:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess it would depend on the bomb that made the mushroom cloud.
take at look at this one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba
the mushroom cloud was 60 km high.
yeah, i bet you could spot that one.
2007-09-22 08:41:31 · answer #4 · answered by Faesson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would depend from what you were talking about and how far away in space you were. From an atom bomb, you could see it from satellites.. meteor strike, yes but obviously we can only speculate exactly what it would look like. You can google satellite images of atom bomb detonations.
e.g., http://www.badblue.com/images/atom-bomb.jpg
2007-09-22 07:18:49 · answer #5 · answered by nixity 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-09-22 07:19:09 · answer #6 · answered by hill bill y 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nooooooo thatss impossible.....................................
2007-09-22 07:30:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋