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I first saw this photo on Reddit (originally posted on Flickr) and I was stunned by the awesome beauty of this man-made despoliation in French Polynesia. This is the Canopus thermonuclear test, presumably an atmospheric detonation, carried out in the '50s or 60s. Evil beauty indeed.
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