A Nuclear Blast, Explained in Three Phases
A six-minute vector explainer turns a city-scale blast into a timed sequence of physical and human consequences.
By @kurzgesagt for kurzgesagtRuns 08:56
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Why it works
A calm green landscape flashes into an expanding blast within the first 2 seconds, making the scenario legible before exposition. The narrative resets at 1:03, 2:13, and 4:05 with successive time horizons; the strongest replay window, 1:04–1:09, lands on the first chapter reveal. Distance labels at about 1:15 and 1:51 turn an abstract event into a scale the viewer can track.
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