Ground Zero will connect your address and a nuclear explosion

Nuclear weapons are often measured in kilotons, but this clearly does not mean its destructive power.

The new Google Maps mesh called Ground Zero allows you to see the radius of destruction caused by a nuclear explosion at the address you specify. In the screenshot on the left, we see what the Tsar bomb would do if it were in the Kremlin.

Visualization tool kindly provided by the Australian company Carlos Labs. It appears that they are using the same (or similar) data as the Federation of American Scientists (FAS). FAS writes that most of the buildings within the inner circle will be "completely destroyed." In the next round, the territory will be filled with fire, and the outer regions will suffer serious damage from the blast wave.

If you want to understand what these colored circles mean in reality, watch a movie about testing nuclear weapons in America.

Via> @digidave > Digital Inspiration

Original: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/google-maps-mas.html