Nuclear Detonation Timeline "1945-1998"

Don't BlinkCited 3× on HN, 2011–2019

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A timeline visualization plotting the 2053 nuclear tests and detonations from 1945 to 1998 on a world map, with sound marking each blast. It conveys the pace of the nuclear arms race.

HN links it as a reference for the history and distribution of nuclear tests, and occasionally as an example of audio data presentation.

Military history & warfare Data visualization & information design #nucleartests #armsrace #datavisualization #coldwar

3 comments from Hacker News

@Angostura2019-10 · in “Supreme Court allows blind people to sue retailers if websites aren't accessible”

Just pondering whether there is a system that converts line graphs into series of rising and falling tones, while a voice reads out the x axis markers. If you have multiple series, you could have different sounds running in parallel - sin wave, square wave or perhaps musical instruments each denoting a different series. That might actually be usable if there was an automated system for creating them on the fly. There's also this kind of approach ▶ this video

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@Retric2014-04 · in “Did Israel steal bomb-grade uranium from the United States?”

The last 30 seconds of that video mention it but there way off base. Humanity has done a lot of above ground nuclear testing and for the most part unless your vary close it's simply a slight increase in cancer risk. ▶ this video

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@simonsarris2011-03 · in “Was Greece Just Nuked?”

There is a timeline form 1945 to 1998 of all the nuclear detonations recorded, where they took place and what nation did it. ▶ this video

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