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pixelesque on Nov 14, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Best Timed Shot in TV History (Probably)

Depends.... for (large) explosions, there's initial blast pressure waves which travel faster than the speed of sound.

NikkiA on Nov 14, 2023 [–]

They don't per se, the precursor wave travels through the ground at the speed of sound in whatever medium (usually rock in nevada tests), which is about 5x the speed of sound in air.

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