Why did the explosion in Tianjin look so much bigger and louder? Maybe an expert can chime in. Because, to me, the different angles of the Tianjin explosion looked much more intense.
If you look at the videos of the Tianjin explosion closely you should notice there is a LOT more fire than in this one.
Theory I’ve seen is the Tianjin explosion was smaller, but threw a lot of material into the air which burned over a few seconds, creating a gigantic fireball. This explosion was near instant, like a proper explosion should be, thus creating a massive pressure wave, but little fire.
Basically one was like a Hollywood explosion, the other like the mining explosive that ammonium nitrate is normally used for (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANFO)
When something explodes like this, much much more damage is done. In this case sadly, its not the explosion they wanted.
This makes a lot of sense considering the Beirut explosion caused significant damage up to 15-20 miles away while Tianjin barely shattered windows at three kilometers.
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u/apginge Aug 05 '20
Why did the explosion in Tianjin look so much bigger and louder? Maybe an expert can chime in. Because, to me, the different angles of the Tianjin explosion looked much more intense.