Nuclear explosions, 1945-1998

Hat tip to the Map Room: a global map video of 2,053 nuclear explosions from the American desert tests in 1945 ('I am become death, the destroyer of worlds') to 1998. It is supposed to run at a rate of one second a month, but the 1945 segment is slowed down for some reason. As Jonathan Crowe points out, the pace picks up from the late '50s or so.

Comments

[Basshat]

I'm almost certain the reason 1945 is slowed down is due to the fact that the video's creator is Japanese.