Explosion

An explosion is a sudden increase in volume and release of energy in a violent manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures and the release of gases. An explosion causes pressure waves in the local medium in which it occurs. Explosions are categorized as deflagrations if these waves are subsonic and detonations if they are supersonic (shock waves).

Famous explosions

• Chemical explosions
• Halifax Explosion
• Bombay Explosion
• Port Chicago Disaster
• 1887 Nanaimo Mine Explosion
• PEPCON disaster
• Flixborough disaster
• Nuclear weapons (nuclear explosions)
• Nuclear testing
• Trinity test
• Castle Bravo
• Tsar Bomba (most powerful nuclear weapon ever created)
• actual use in war
• Hiroshima
• Nagasaki
• Exploding volcanoes
• Santorini
• Krakatoa
• Mount Tambora
• Mount Pinatubo
• Yellowstone Caldera
• Astronomic-scale events
• Tunguska event
• Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
• Crab Nebula supernova
• Exploding animals