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I had used the bomb icon as a joke in this computer/IT question. When I got a ping back this morning, itIt just occurred to me that almost all images I've seen of the (in)famous mushroom cloud show a vertical column rising perpendicular to the ground and a horizontal planar ring parallel to the ground.

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Not that I'm an expert (that's why this question) but I have rarely seen anything go in the 45 degree angle. Or for that matter anything other than the 'special' 0 degree horizontal plane and 90 degree vertical column. Shouldn't there be radial vectors at all angles between 0 and 90 degrees giving rise to a hemispherical explosion envelope? Why is it a vertical cylinder?

PS: I understand the top expands eventually on cooling and lowered air pressure giving the mushroom look but my questions is for the previous stage - the vertical column.

I had used the bomb icon as a joke in this computer/IT question. When I got a ping back this morning, it just occurred to me that almost all images I've seen of the (in)famous mushroom cloud show a vertical column rising perpendicular to the ground and a horizontal planar ring parallel to the ground.

enter image description here

Not that I'm an expert (that's why this question) but I have rarely seen anything go in the 45 degree angle. Or for that matter anything other than the 'special' 0 degree horizontal plane and 90 degree vertical column. Shouldn't there be radial vectors at all angles between 0 and 90 degrees giving rise to a hemispherical explosion envelope? Why is it a vertical cylinder?

PS: I understand the top expands eventually on cooling and lowered air pressure giving the mushroom look but my questions is for the previous stage - the vertical column.

It just occurred to me that almost all images I've seen of the (in)famous mushroom cloud show a vertical column rising perpendicular to the ground and a horizontal planar ring parallel to the ground.

enter image description here

Not that I'm an expert (that's why this question) but I have rarely seen anything go in the 45 degree angle. Or for that matter anything other than the 'special' 0 degree horizontal plane and 90 degree vertical column. Shouldn't there be radial vectors at all angles between 0 and 90 degrees giving rise to a hemispherical explosion envelope? Why is it a vertical cylinder?

PS: I understand the top expands eventually on cooling and lowered air pressure giving the mushroom look but my questions is for the previous stage - the vertical column.

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Why does a nuclear explosion have directionality?

I had used the bomb icon as a joke in this computer/IT question. When I got a ping back this morning, it just occurred to me that almost all images I've seen of the (in)famous mushroom cloud show a vertical column rising perpendicular to the ground and a horizontal planar ring parallel to the ground.

enter image description here

Not that I'm an expert (that's why this question) but I have rarely seen anything go in the 45 degree angle. Or for that matter anything other than the 'special' 0 degree horizontal plane and 90 degree vertical column. Shouldn't there be radial vectors at all angles between 0 and 90 degrees giving rise to a hemispherical explosion envelope? Why is it a vertical cylinder?

PS: I understand the top expands eventually on cooling and lowered air pressure giving the mushroom look but my questions is for the previous stage - the vertical column.