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Nuclear Explosions Make for One Hell of an Earthquake

This gigantic explosion happened miles beneath the earth, and yet generated a 6.8 earthquake that is terrifying to watch, raised the ground 5 feet, and gives us an idea of the awesome power of a nuclear explosion. And if this was a bomb 40 years ago, how strong would one be now?

5:51

Keeping Your Dog Safe and Calm During Firework Festivities

When the sky is alight with fiery explosions during 4th of July celebrations, that instinct is triggered in full force, telling your canine companion that it, and everyone dear to it, are going to die. This is why dogs panic and become unruly around fireworks.

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Incredible! These Rodents are Trained to Save Lives!

Mandy is an African Pouch Rat, and the top of her class in sniffing out TNT, the main ingredient in most explosives. Landmines are a type of buried explosive, which is responsible for between 3000-4000 deaths a year.

7:47

How Does a Truck Explode 40 Times?

Not for the feint of heart, this rare video of a gas truck accident in Russia is action packed with no less than 40 explosions, as the gas tanks explode one by one. And just when you think it's over... it starts again! Thankfully, no one was harmed in these violent explosions.

8:05

The Most Powerful Private Vehicle In The World

Richard Hammond from the popular show 'Top Gear' goes to South Africa to test the Marauder - a ten-ton military vehicle so tough it can withstand high explosives - and can be sold to civilians to be driven on the road!

4:24

Watch the Biggest Matches You’ve Ever Seen Being Lit

See how the matches of various sizes were created, each made specifically for this explosive experiment!

4:27

How Earth Protects Itself - Fascinating NASA Video!

Watch as this NASA super animation shows the sun blasting out a giant explosion of magnetic energy called a coronal mass ejection and the Earth being shielded from this by its powerful magnetic field. The sun also continuously showers the Earth with light and radiation energy.

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If This Heavenly Music Doesn't Lift You, Then Nothing Will

Her violin cries out in incredible sharpness, giving the music substance and bringing it to life with an explosion of sound and emotion that will lift any music-loving heart. Here she is performing a Sibelius's Violin Concerto in D Minor.

10:08

Top 5 Sonic Booms Caught on Camera

The Visual Affects Caused By a Sonic Boom nature, explosion, around the world, sound, airplanes, jet plane, natural phenomena, sonic boom, video: top fives Watch 5 sonic booms that will blow your speakers away!

6:07

Brilliant! Now THAT'S What I Call Perfect Comic Timing!

After all, it's not often you can say that a juggler has had you rolling on the floor with unstoppable, explosive giggles!

18:02

8 of the BIGGEST Supervolcanoes on Earth

The term "supervolcano" describes a volcano with a magnitude 8 eruption on the Volcano Explosivity Index. When one of these volcanoes erupts, it covers more than 240 cubic miles (1,000 cubic km). Compared to these eight supervolcanoes on the list, the Yellowstone Caldera is tiny!

4:55

When Matches Go Wild: Stunning Domino Effects!

Match videos take the same kind of painstaking effort to set up, but have a much more explosive result! Don't try any of these at home, as you're about to witness 4 of the most successful match domino effect videos in the world.

10:19

What a Bullet Blast Looks Like Underwater!

And this time, they are going to see what the explosive power of a revolver do to the water around it when fired underwater. The results are fascinating to watch, especially when properly explained. What a Bullet Blast Looks Like Underwater!

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Watch These Flowers Bloom in a Celebration of Color

One of nature's greatest gifts to us is that explosion of color and beauty we call the blooming of a flower. It plays an incredibly important part in nature, for both plants and the animals that pollinate them. But to us, it's also art, beauty, love and a great inspiration for these all things.