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A colorized photo of the mushroom cloud produced by the Trinity nuclear test as it rises over the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945.

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  • Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" is about the Manhattan Project, and features an atomic bomb test.
  • To film the test, he used an old Hollywood trick and made a bomb in miniature instead of using CGI.
  • By using chemicals and layering clips while editing, they made a realistic atomic explosion.

He's blown up a 747, filmed fight scenes in zero gravity, and now, he's made a bomb. Well, a mini bomb.

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Science, christopher nolan, Oppenheimer, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Nuclear Weapons, Atomic Bomb, Manhattan Project, Physics
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How Christopher Nolan recreated the Trinity Test atomic bomb explosion in 'Oppe…