Originally posted by Pierre J to his Flickr photo stream and used under a Creative Commons license. This photo of a French thermonuclear test in Polynesia is one of four. You can view all four pics in this set here. More on French nuclear testing here, including video.
(h/t for the photo: Chap, yet again today.)
I liked the "I take offense" comment over on Flickr (4th shot).
ReplyDeleteWow. There is something vaguely evil about the juxtaposition of the red light and blackness, though.
ReplyDeleteWOW! It may be horrific but it is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteMorgan sez: I liked the "I take offense" comment over on Flickr (4th shot).
ReplyDeleteAh, the Perpetually Offended are omni-present, aren't they?
Jim sez: There is something vaguely evil about the juxtaposition of the red light and blackness, though.
You're right, Jim. That's assuming one wouldn't recognize a nuclear burst if one saw it, though, right? But there's not a single person amongst us who wouldn't recognize the photo for what it IS, and what it is is pure evil. A necessary evil, to be sure (my POV, YMMV), but pure evil, none the less.
Ashley and Becky: Agreed. I found these photos simply fascinating, from a purely aesthetic POV.
The photos are beautiful. But no one ever said that evil as ugly. Why else would so many be drawn to it.
ReplyDeleteLou sez: But no one ever said that evil as ugly. Why else would so many be drawn to it.
ReplyDeleteI think we should make a distinction between "horror" and "evil." I think horror is always ugly. Evil? Not so much.
I understand why some folks could be drawn to evil, which can be a moral distinction. Some evil can be quite fun and entertaining. But don't ask me how I know. I'm not telling. ;-)
You are right about horror and evil. I'm not drawn to horror - not even horror films, but evil is a different ball of wax.
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