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mushroom cloud

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mushroom cloud
the large mushroom-shaped cloud of dust, debris, etc. produced by a nuclear explosion


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The resultant mushroom cloud was 40 miles high - seven times higher than Mount Everest - and 25 miles wide.
Then this bright light hit us and the top of that mushroom cloud was the most terrifying, but also the most beautiful, thing you've ever seen in your life.
He also ruled that, despite more than 50 years having passed since the mushroom clouds appeared over the Pacific, a fair trial of the case is still possible and "there is a case to be answered" on whether veterans were adequately protected.
 
 
 
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