[Phys-L] Light from fireball visible?

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@REDSHIFT.COM>]

A friend asks if the Nagasaki was visible, as reported in "The Empire of
the Sun".

I calculated the distance from the top of the fireball to the horizon
(~70 kM) and found it ~ < 1/10 th the distance to Shanghai.  (800 Km)
Using the same data at Frenchman Flat, I get Vegas as about twice.
Vegans saw a glow from the tests.

Was the author using lit. license?

bc
_______________________________________________
Phys-L mailing list
Phys-L@electron.physics.buffalo.edu
https://www.physics.buffalo.edu/mailman/listinfo/phys-l