"Forest Fire" responsible for a 2.5mi *mushroom cloud*?

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 05:07:55PM -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Eugen Leitl wrote:
>
> > http://www.muenster.org/uiw/fach/chemie/material/gif/oppau.jpg
>
> Wow!  I had no idea ammonium nitrate (ANFO for all intents and purposes,
> yes?) could produce that kind of result!  How much was there?

About 4.5 kT of 50:50 ammonium nitrate/ammonium sulfate mix. One of the
largest, if not *the* largest nonnuclear explosions ever.

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