Christopher Nolan released in 2012 the last part of his Batman trilogy, Rise of the dark knight (Rise of the dark knight in Spanish). This film was the climax for the hero of Gotham, played by Christian Bale. A version of the character that was highly praised, but also received some criticism, especially in its final delivery. Now the nuclear weapons expert has expelled some of them.

Many viewers blamed the outcome Rise of the dark knight the loss of the realistic tone of the saga. When a nuclear bomb threatens to destroy Gotham, Batman manages to take it with his flying machine and make it explode far away in the middle of the water. Presumably superhero is the only victim of the explosion, though it is eventually revealed that even he didn’t die. Criticism of this ending points to the lack of fallout or radioactive fallout in Gotham.

But Greg Spriggsphysicist expert on nuclear weapons, analyzed this scene in an interview insiders. And his conclusions are very clear: this is the result very realistic and well done. “Actually, it was one of the best: he had the right shape and the right glow time. Eventually the fireball cools down, and this happens very quickly due to radiative heat transfer. The time the fireball continues to glow is known as the glow time.

“These mushroom clouds can rise up to 40,000 feet into the air, so they can be seen from far away. There would be no danger of radioactive fallout unless the wind was blowing right at them,” he explains. Thus, according to Spriggs, Nolan was very accurate in handling the bomb blast that nearly brought down the Dark Knight’s city.

nuclear bomb in Batman: The Dark Knight Rises it’s not perfect

“There is a general rule. If you look at the top of the mushroom cloud and if it’s white you won’t get any consequences Most part of time. If it looks dirty, then the fireball has got dirt in it, and material is being transported there that will carry away the debris from the nuclear bomb and create localized radioactive fallout. So if you blow it up on the water, there will be very little repercussions and chances of what happens above,” he continues, referring to the end Rise of the dark knight. A lesson Nolan used years later in Oppenheimerhis new hit about the father of the atomic bomb.

However, for Spriggs, the film’s ending is also not 100% accurate, as the director included an unnecessary sequence that causes him to lose points. “People who were standing on the bridge noticed some kind of breeze. It happened too soon: the shock wave would have taken longer to get there,” he says. “I would rate seven out of ten: the flash was good and the shape of the detonation was done well,” says the scientist. A few words that will in any case put an end to all criticism of the side effects that this bomb was supposed to have. As in many of his films, Rise of the dark knightNolan can take pride in staying true to scientific principles.

Source: Hiper Textual

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