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[–] TheSquibblyOne 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

The radiation causes white pixels story was pretty weak.

Here is more of the mini-nuke going off in Yemon. There were loads of cameras pointed at the explosion and they all had those white pixels.

This study verifies that yes, cheap CCD sensors are able to detect radiation. That is after all, their purpose. A quote from the summary:

Cheap image CCD/APS image sensors could be used both in laboratory (for radiation beam imaging) and as alarm against nuclear accidents. Their main advantages are: low price, high spatial resolution and satisfactory sensitivity. Main disadvantages are: low frame rate, small sensitive area and a compression of gathered data.

EDIT: The thing I need a citation for is "only nukes have a colour temperature this high" - Note: Colour Temp. is not measured in C (or F, or K). That whole sentence doesn't make much sense to me. Also, a colour temp. of 4000 degrees is not in any sense "high". That's like, the most general of the whole range, really.

EDIT 2: Also, now the colour temperature means it was 4000 degrees Celsius? And only Nukes get this hot. So it has to be a nuke. The entire idea is predicated on the retarded assumption that Colour Temperature = Temperature (in celcius). This is nonsense.

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[–] arrggg [S] ago 

Wow, great footage from Yemen, and you can see the white pixels. What a horrible thing to see up close. That paper on using CCD's for detection is very interesting. The fact that a low quality cell camera with black tape over the lense can detect exposure is a good trick to know.