This mesmerizing time-lapse map shows every single nuclear bomb that has exploded worldwide since 1945.
Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto mapped each detonation that rocked the Earth until 1998, before turning it into a hypnotizing 14-minute video clip.
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A metronomic beep marks the passing of the months — while different tones indicate explosions from different countries in the film called "1945-1998."
The film begins slowly, with the Manhattan Project's single test in America followed by the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in Japan, that brought World War II to an end.
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Once the clock ticks over to the 1950s, however, the pace quickens as the USSR and Britain enter the nuclear club and carry out their own tests.
India, Pakistan, France and China are also then shown causing their own explosions. The film then concludes with the number of bombs exploded: 2,053.
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Wired has dubbed the clip "a compelling insight into the history of humanity's greatest destructive force."
"Especially when you remember only two nuclear explosions have ever been detonated offensively, both in 1945," adds the editorial.
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Hashimoto, who began working on the piece in 2003, said he wanted to show "the fear and folly of nuclear weapons."
"I created this work for the means of an interface to the people who are yet to know of the extremely grave, but present problem of the world," he added.
With the animation only running to 1998, it does not depict North Korea as having nuclear capacities, with the nation holding tests in 2006 and 2009 and 2013.
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