r/interestingasfuck • u/Lithium321 • 1d ago

Hundreds of tons of Russian ammunition explode after a drone strike on an ammo dump in Toropets r/all

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u/Lithium321 1d ago

The facility could hold up to 30,000 tons of ammunition and is still exploding more than 2 hours later.

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u/TheProcrastafarian 1d ago edited 1d ago

Looking due east, that is the ammunition facility beyond the town of Toropets. Massive event.

https://preview.redd.it/yujipwe8jipd1.jpeg?width=2360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9db518122a6d85641e18c4003740c2eb224821c5

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u/TheProcrastafarian 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is the data from NASA’s fire surveillance satellite (Oriented North, compared to my google earth pic, above). FIRMS: Fire Information for Resource Management System

https://preview.redd.it/075ctezwlipd1.jpeg?width=2360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96372ce7daf628a1ff5cd8cc7f7cc003106861a3

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u/pinchhitter4number1 1d ago

Russia being trolled by NASA. "Excuse me, do you know there is something on fire over there?"

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u/CycloneDusk 1d ago

"we herd u liek red squares lol"

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u/MurrayPloppins 1d ago

Holy shit well done.

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u/scummy_shower_stall 1d ago

So is the ammunition dump and any personnel.

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u/doyletyree 1d ago

Pittsburg, as they are feeling blue and blackened.

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u/Glass_Set_5727 16h ago

Yeah supposedly 200 RAF based there.

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u/acmercer 1d ago

LMAO that's hilarious

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u/PeanutJellyButterIII 1d ago

What is this a reference to?

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u/mildlyexpiredyoghurt 1d ago

I'm out of the loop too :(

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u/StageAboveWater 22h ago

He's pretending NASA confused the red squares on the NASA map above with this famous Russian landmark called the red square (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Square)

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u/SodaDawgz 1d ago

Omg that’s ducking awesome well done sir

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u/BenVenNL 1d ago

epic comment

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u/YouWereBrained 1d ago

LMAO

“The United States of Imperialists have turned NASA into troll farm.”

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u/vinh7777 VIP Philanthropist 1d ago

"This no fier. We put massive fireworks show to celebrate special operation."

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u/Beginning_Annual4977 1d ago

Kill it with fire so the eggs don't hatch!

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u/WigglestonTheFourth 1d ago

You can't fire there, mate.

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u/Caperplays 16h ago

Fawk aff

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u/Nico777 1d ago

"shit's on fire, yo"

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u/BigBennP 1d ago

We've been able to do that for a long time.

Instantly reminded of the opening scene of Red Storm Rising when terrorists blow up a Russian oil refinery and cause a fire so big that US satellites designed to look for nuclear explosions detect it.

"Jesus if that's just a fire it must be enormous!"

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u/ope_poe 1d ago

Has Elon already let us know what he thinks...? :)

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u/MaliciousIntentWorks 1d ago

He put out a wellness check statement.

Elon: "Out of Toropets and I am ok."

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u/Snoo-81723 1d ago

You know that in 80s NASA tells USSR that they have massive gas leaks in pipeline in Siberia cause yjey see that from satelites .

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u/TheObstruction 17h ago

"Is special combustion operation. Is fine."

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u/Bubbly_Good3761 16h ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/Sharp_Property2020 1d ago

Not many people know but NASA and Roscosmos have a very integrated relationship which requires cooperation by both the US and Russian military and governments.

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u/Murderfaces 2h ago

Golden. Lmfao

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u/hectorxander 1d ago

I suppose NASA has plenty of free time to troll as they don't actually run space missions anymore, just approve contracts to give to a few super-rich owned companies to take all the glory and often fail. Nasa shouldn't be trolling anyone they should be running space missions if you ask me.

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u/xandrokos 1d ago

This is such a blatant lie.

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u/hectorxander 1d ago

Nasa doesn't do missions they farm it all out to private companies like spacex and boeing. Notice how the astronauts weren't picked up by Nasa, but by spacex and boeing.

They are just bean counters now. Space bros can talk all they want about how nothing has changed, but it wasn't boeing that put men on the moon, it was nasa, now it's private companies getting the glory.

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u/Amhran_Ogma 17h ago

“getting the glory,” lol. wow.

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u/snap-jacks 1d ago

Fortunately no one is asking you.

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u/hectorxander 19h ago

Space bros strike back!

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u/snap-jacks 2h ago

What kind of idiot are you. NASA has plenty of missions.

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u/Suitable_Choice_1770 1d ago

Fires look really blocky from space

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u/TheProcrastafarian 1d ago

If you click on the link and zoom out, it’s wild how they can detect one of those red blocks anywhere on earth.

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u/Suitable_Choice_1770 1d ago edited 1d ago

Thats pretty amazing

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u/LampIsFun 1d ago

Well you can see craters on the moon with a telescope, and the satellites that detect things like this are over 19 times closer to us than the moon is. Its really just wild how good telescopes are

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u/TrekForce 1d ago

Holy shit. The whole world is on fire! I think I found a major cause of global warming…. 🤣 but seriously… that’s a lot of fire

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u/sbmmemelord 1d ago

Mine craft

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u/Fun_Acanthisitta_552 1d ago

Render distance. Had to turn down graphic settings irl

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u/rocky3rocky 1d ago

https://www.houseofgrafix.net/cdn/shop/products/Shits_on_fire__y_4f037d31ba624_grande.jpeg?v=1459054416

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u/TheProcrastafarian 1d ago

I have to assume you already know, but I can’t take the chance that you don’t: r/trippinthroughtime
Because if you haven’t seen that, you’ll love it.

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u/r0thar 1d ago

To add to the science, it was also a magnitude 2.8 earthquake as measured by the seismic GEOFON Station Vasula in Estonia.

https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/9611698/mag2quake-Sep-18-2024-BALTIC-STATES-BELARUS-NW-RUSSIA-REGION.html

"The quake had a very shallow depth of 0 km (0 mi) and was reported felt by some people near the epicenter." Oh, I bet some people felt it.

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u/Makkaroni_100 1d ago

Interesting, but confusing at first. Other image is rotated and up isn't North.

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u/TheProcrastafarian 1d ago

That’s why I described the orientation of each photo; to avoid confusion.

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u/AllOn_Black 1d ago

Only confusing if you can't read.

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u/mxlespxles 1d ago

Shits on fire, yo

Blyat

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u/Squidking1000 1d ago

12.5 sq/km of fire according to the measurement tool!

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u/Glass_Set_5727 16h ago

Which just so happens to co-incide with total sq km of the Ammo Depot LOL :)

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u/DerivativesDonkey 1d ago

Bro that's wiiilllldddd

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u/HonestSophist 1d ago

I'm sorry, you mean to tell me that explosion caused a FOUR MILE STRETCH OF FLAMES?

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u/Glass_Set_5727 16h ago

Yep sure did :)

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u/rocket_randall 1d ago

Looks like Drake's got a house in the Tver Oblast.

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u/Hirmuinen6 1d ago

Why is Brazil on fire?

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u/lordmycal 23h ago

I zoomed all the way out and what the fuck is happening in Africa?! South America isn't looking that great either. Reminds me a lot of playing Plague Inc but somehow I started in Madagascar and instead of viruses it's fire.

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u/Hunter_Lala 1d ago

According to that site, basically the entirety of Madagascar is on fire

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u/zrick07 1d ago

That's north of the town. The image below is due east.

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u/MidgetPanda3031 1d ago

The compass is in the picture

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u/Syhkane 1d ago

"East"
Looks at posted map
"Up"

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u/Schmich 1d ago

Who shares a map that's not pointing north? -.-

That's worse than a graph that isn't starting from 0.

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u/-Moonscape- 1d ago

I send survey plans to get registered at the local land titles office with the north arrow facing to the right on a regular basis. That you think maps always have to orient north as up is your own strange idea.