The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Friday, December 7, 1941, which drew the US into World War II. As everyone knows, this led to the first use of nuclear weapons. Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto has created a time-lapse video of nuclear detonations between 1945 and 1998. Though it takes a few minutes for the video to really start moving, it’s worth watching.

This article appears in Dec 5-11, 2012.

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