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Ground Zero – Visualization of a nuclear catastrophe on Google Maps

Have you ever wondered what would happen if a nuclear bomb goes off in your city? Not many people brings such pernicious thoughts to their mind, but apparently the guys at Carlos Labs does. Using a mashup of Google Maps and Javascript they have created Ground Zero – an online tool that lets you visualize the extent of destruction a nuclear bomb can inflict on a city of your choice. Cool and sinister!

You can choose up to 8 different nuclear bombs including an asteroid impact. The power of the explosion ranges from the one used in Hiroshima in 1945 during World War 2 - the 15 KiloTon “Little Boy” to the most powerful explosion in history – the 50 MegaTon “Tsar bomb”, a Hydrogen fission bomb tested by USSR during 1961.

The following simulation shows what will have happened if “Little Boy” was detonated over New York.

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Clicking on the red Google marker reveals the various colored legends.

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Using iframe code, you can embed Ground Zero on your website too, like I have done below. Drop a bomb on your city and find out what happens.

Also checkout the previously mentioned Impact Calculator.

Related: How to watch a nuclear explosion
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  1. AnonymousApril 7, 2009 at 6:11 AM

    Necro 62 says kool... if your into nuking the countryside. In the next installment please allow for prevailing wind cconditions for fallout and radiation damage. Well done though intersting concept.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 25, 2010 at 6:10 PM

    please add more nuclear weapons and after a nuclear explosion make the city destroyed

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