Garvie Shockwave!
 

Evening all,
I'm just going through some old shots for an online album and came across this one from last year. Weapon impact on Garvie Island,nothing special about that, but I somehow managed to also capture the shockwave!(Just above the flash on the horizon)

Its nearly 20 years since I first saw a 1000lb'er hit Garvie and it still hasn't changed any!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...aluk/SHOCK.jpg

Well i'm a right duffer at this sort of thing. What am I looking for?

Mmm,

not as good a shock as when we torpedoed the sea bed. Didn't know what to expect so no pictures but there was an thin instantaneous vapour layer above the surface about 2 feet thick.

Good hit! All that nasty guano will be dead now ...........:rolleyes:

The Puffin who had just built his nest there was pretty pissed off though!

A few weeks ago I had a nice view of Heligoland from the air. The red cliffs seemed a little softer than Garvie Island. Was the RAF really trying to "erase" it from 1945 to 1952?

Has Garvie island become 'smoothed' or to ask a more open question how does it show the cumulative effects of 1000lb hits over the years?

Also the photo appears to show localised vapour on the surface of the rock near the detonation - I assume this is the heat from the blast driving out moisture from the rock/vegitation on the island?

PS I can't find any footage on youtube of strikes here during Cape W exercises - can someone point me in the direction of tonkas etc. dropping proper bombs here? Thanks

Not a lot of veg on the rock these days.

http://www.ww2f.com/wwii-general/197...eligoland.html
It was the Royal Navy that tried to destroy the island on 18'th April 1947. I found a small picture of the explosion, largest non-nuclear, in an old German tourist guide: "Farbiges Helgoland", Hinrich Prigge. ISBN 3-7672-0690-0.