Starfish Prime Explosion

[Dave Homewood]

I wonder, did any of the oldies here happen to see the Starfish Prime nuclear explosion in July 1962? It was apparently seen all over New Zealand that night. Some amazing photos here:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime

[mumbles]

The bit about the RNZAF ASW manouvres is interesting. Sunderland crew perhaps? Maybe user RobinK might know something about it.

There is more about Starfish Prime and it's physics here, including video of the lightshow:
www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2010/07/01/128170775/a-very-scary-light-show-exploding-h-bombs-in-space

More discussion and video here:
blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/09/the-50th-anniversary-of-starfish-prime-the-nuke-that-shook-the-world/