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360° scene from Operation Crossroads Baker Nuclear Test50 AD – 1946 AD

From a lone aviator brazenly landing at the Kremlin to an Antarctic crew watching their ship surrender to the ice, today features bold endeavors where human ambition clashed spectacularly with reality.

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  1. Round 1 · 1946 AD

    Casual

    Operation Crossroads Baker Nuclear Test

    The spectacular underwater detonation of a 21-kiloton bomb lofted two million tons of water into a radioactive mushroom cloud, devastating a surrogate fleet of captured Axis and obsolete American warships.

  2. Round 2 · 1940 AD

    Casual

    Evacuation of the Dunkirk Beaches

    Operation Dynamo rescued over 338,000 Allied soldiers. The shallow beaches required a flotilla of hundreds of 'Little Ships'—civilian fishing and pleasure boats—to ferry troops to larger destroyers.

  3. Round 3 · 1875 AD

    Casual

    The Big Hole Diamond Rush

    At its peak, the Kimberley Mine was a chaotic open-air pit worked by 50,000 men, eventually becoming the largest hand-dug excavation on Earth.

  4. Round 4 · 50 AD

    Tricky

    Construction of the Pont du Gard

    Built without mortar, this Roman aqueduct carried water 50 kilometers to Nîmes. The massive limestone blocks were lifted into place using human-powered treadwheel cranes.

  5. Round 5 · 790 AD

    Expert

    Carving the Leshan Giant Buddha

    A Chinese monk initiated the carving of this 71-meter Buddha to calm the turbulent river waters that plagued shipping. The massive amount of stone removed actually altered the river currents.

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