Explosion Collection (page 9)

Target Practice, 1913. Creator: Unknown
Target Practice, 1913

Sur la Ligne de Feu; Le premier shrapnell de la journee, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Sur la Ligne de Feu; Le premier shrapnell de la journee, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Des Hauts-de-Meuse a l'Aisne, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Des Hauts-de-Meuse a l'Aisne, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Des Hauts-de-Meuse a l'Aisne; L'attaque des tranchees allemandes de Nogent-l'Abbesse, 1914
Des Hauts-de-Meuse a l'Aisne; L'attaque des tranchees allemandes de Nogent-l'Abbesse, devant Reims, la 24 septembre 1914'

La surveillance de la mer; l''Amphion touchait une mine et coulait en quelques instants, 1914
La surveillance de la mer; Le lendemain 7 aout, l''Amphion, au cours de son perilleux service, touchait une mine et coulait en quelques instants, 1914

Le resultat d'une explosion de mine, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Le resultat d'une explosion de mine; a la place de cet entonnoir immense il y avait, tout a l'heure, une tranchee allemande, 1915

Panorama de Soissons sous le feu de la grosse artillerie allemande, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Devant les Falaises de L'Aisne; Ce panorama de Soissons sous le feu de la grosse artillerie allemande a ete pris du clocher de Saint-Jean-des-Vignes deja mutile, 17 septembre

La baie de Suvla et les Falaises d'Anzac; Eclatements d'obus turcs de gros calibre, 1915 (1916)
La baie de Suvla et les Falaises d'Anzac; Eclatements d'obus turcs de gros calibre sur les pentes d'Anafarta, dominant la baie de Suvla, 1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

La Bataille de la Somme; Laissant passer l'orage; Photographie prise du fond d'un depot, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La Bataille de la Somme; Laissant passer l'orage; Photographie prise du fond d'un depot de munitions d'artillerie de ennemi

La Bataille de Verdun; La hauteur de Douamont vue du fort de la Chaume, 1916. Creator: Francois Flameng
La Bataille de Verdun; La hauteur de Douamont vue du fort de la Chaume, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

L'offensive de la Somme: La paroi du plus Grand Entonnoir de la region de la Somme, 1916. Creator: Unknown
L'offensive de la Somme: La paroi du plus Grand Entonnoir de la region de la Somme; C'est entre l'ancienne ligne francaise et les tranchees allemandes au Sud de la Somme que

Une semaine de combats sur la rive gauche de la Meuse; 14 mars (13 heures)... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Une semaine de combats sur la rive gauche de la Meuse; 14mars (13 heures). --Preparation d'artillerie allemande sur le villagede Cumieres, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Le croiseur "Bremen" au moment ou il est atteint par une torpille d'un sous-marin... c1915
Le croiseur "Bremen" au moment ou il est atteint par une torpille d'un sous-marin anglais et va couler, c1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

La bataille de Riga; D'apres une aquarelle du lieutenant de vaisseau Novikof, c1915. Creator: Unknown
La bataille de Riga; D'apres une aquarelle du lieutenant de vaisseau Novikof, c1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Sur la route de Souain a Somme-Py : une marmite, 1915. Creator: Francois Flameng
Sur la route de Souain a Somme-Py : une marmite, 1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916"

Blowing Up the Cashmere Gate, (1902). Creator: Unknown
Blowing Up the Cashmere Gate, (1902). Scene from the Great Sepoy Rebellion (also known as the Indian Mutiny), 14 September 1857

Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Le croiseur germano-turc... 1915
Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Le croiseur germano-turc est distance et disparait peu a peu a l'horizon, 1915

Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); La derniere salve du... 1915
Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); La derniere salve du "Goeben" tombe en avant du torpilleur qui fuit a toute vitesse, 1915

Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Un nouveau projectile... 1915
Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Un nouveau projectile du "Goeben" tombe a quatre metres et la gerbe d'eau eclabousse le pont, 1915

Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Les deux projectiles... 1915
Le "Goeben" contre le torpilleur "Schastlivyi" (21 sept. 1915); Les deux projectiles sulvants tombent a ving-cinq et vingt metres, 1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Autour de Douaumont; la vallee de Vaux et les eclatements de nos 155 sur les pentes... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Autour de Douaumont; la vallee de Vaux et les eclatements de nos 155 sur les pentes d'Hardaumont a gauche et de Vaux a droite, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Explosion of Fort Prasto at Bomarsund, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Explosion of Fort Prasto at Bomarsund, 1854. From "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31 Dec 1853 to 30 Dec 1854"

The "Valorous" chasing Russian Steamers into Sebastopol, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The "Valorous" chasing Russian Steamers into Sebastopol, 1854. Crimean War....the mast-heads of a Russian steamer appeared... another was seen following her

Explosion on Board HMS "Cordelia", 1891. Creator: Unknown. Explosion on Board HMS "Cordelia", 1891
Explosion on Board HMS "Cordelia"; the Bursting of a Gun, scene of the accident on Upper Deck, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

Sortie of the Russians from Sebastopol, October 26, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Sortie of the Russians from Sebastopol, October 26, 1854. Crimean War. The Russian prisoners relate that General Luders, thinking he had gained a victory...sent a grandiloquent account of the affair

The Action at Balaclava, October 25 - First Charge of Heavy Cavalry, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Action at Balaclava, October 25 - First Charge of Heavy Cavalry, 1854. Crimean War. The Russian cavalry, about 4000 in number

The Light Cavalry Charge at Balaclava, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Light Cavalry Charge at Balaclava, 1854. Crimean War: disastrous communication breakdown. When Lord Lucan received the order from Captain Nolan, and had read it, he asked

The Siege of Sebastopol - Explosion of a Powder Magazine in the English Trenches, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Siege of Sebastopol - Explosion of a Powder Magazine in the English Trenches, 1854. Crimean War. Despatch from General Canrobert: Yesterday, at sunrise, we opened fire

Sebastopol Batteries Firing at an Austrian Vessel, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Sebastopol Batteries Firing at an Austrian Vessel, 1854. Crimean War. Allied ship coming under fire from Russian guns at the strategic Black Sea port

Bombardment of Sebastopol - General Sir De Lacy Evans and staff, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Bombardment of Sebastopol - General Sir De Lacy Evans and staff, 1854. Crimean War: mounted British officers. The enemy's magazine in the round tower battery exploded again for the third time

Ruined Cottage off Sebastopol, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Ruined Cottage off Sebastopol, 1854. Crimean War. Allied troops bivouac near a derelict building. From "Illustrated London News", 1854

Mast From U.S.S. Maine, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mast From U.S.S. Maine, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Mast From U.S.S. Maine, 1914. [Mast of United States Navy ship that exploded and sank in Havana Harbour on February 15, 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War

Sebastopol during the Siege - general view, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Sebastopol during the Siege, 1854. Crimean War: the Black Sea, the battlefield, allied and Russian positions: "Twelve Apostles" (three-decker [warship]); Barracks; Gordon's Battery

Sebastopol during the Siege - general view, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Sebastopol during the Siege - general view, 1854. Crimean War. View of warships on the Black Sea, the battlefield, and positions of the allies and the Russians

Mast From U.S.S. Maine, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mast From U.S.S. Maine, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Mast From U.S.S. Maine, 1914. [Mast of United States Navy ship that exploded and sank in Havana Harbour on February 15, 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War

Siege Operations at Chatham - Springing a Mine, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham - Springing a Mine, 1854. Military exercises in Kent, attended by Prince Albert. A column of the 34th then advanced from Gillingham Tower under a heavy fire from the 32

Fireworks at Ryogoku (Ryogoku hanabi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views...", 1858
Fireworks at Ryogoku (Ryogoku hanabi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", 1858

Captain Matsuzaki Bravely Fights at the Great Battle of Songhwan (Seikan no Gekissen... 1894)
Captain Matsuzaki Bravely Fights at the Great Battle of Songhwan (Seikan no Gekissen, Matsuzaki Taii funyu no zu), Japan, 1894

The Schleswig-Holstein War - Blowing Up of the Screw Steamer "Von der Tan", 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Schleswig-Holstein War - Blowing Up of the Screw Steamer "Von der Tan", 1850. Depiction of...a strategic episode in the war - the blowing up of the screw steamer Von der Tann

Wang Pu (Oho), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for... c. 1843
Wang Pu (Oho), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kagami)", c. 1843

Fireworks at Ryogoku (Ryogoku hanabi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views...", 1858
Fireworks at Ryogoku (Ryogoku hanabi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", 1858

Fireworks at Ryogoku (Ryogoku hanabi), from the series "One Hundred Famous...", 1858
Fireworks at Ryogoku (Ryogoku hanabi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", 1858

The Army and Navy Attack and Capture Weihaiwei (Ikaiei rikukaigun kogeki senryo zu), Japan, 1895. Detail from a larger artwork

The Great Explosion at Seaford - the Explosion - Cliff Falling, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Explosion at Seaford - the Explosion - Cliff Falling, 1850. Long shore drift at Seaford in Sussex was causing deposition of debris to such an extent that Seaford Bay

Eckernforde, on the Night of September 12-13, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Eckernforde, on the Night of September 12-13, 1850. Scene from the First Schleswig War: "The Schleswig-Holstein army, advancing by Breckendorf and Kochendorf

The Great Explosion at Seaford - the Cliff, after the Explosion, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Explosion at Seaford - the Cliff, after the Explosion, 1850. Long shore drift at Seaford in Sussex was causing deposition of debris to such an extent that Seaford Bay

The Great Explosion at Seaford - Seaford Bay and Cliff, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Explosion at Seaford - Seaford Bay and Cliff, 1850. Long shore drift at Seaford in Sussex was causing deposition of debris to such an extent that Seaford Bay

Third Illustration of the Great Victory of Our Forces on the Yellow Sea (Kokai ni okeru...), 1894
Third Illustration of the Great Victory of Our Forces on the Yellow Sea (Kokai ni okeru wagagun no taisho, dai san zu), Japan, 1894

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"Capturing the Power: A Spectacle of Explosions Unleashed" In the realm of art, explosions have been depicted in various forms throughout history. From Norman Lindsay's mesmerizing portrayal of a star exploding to James Prinsep Beadle's vivid depiction of the Ulster Division under attack, these artworks encapsulate the sheer intensity and devastation caused by such cataclysmic events. Charles John De Lacy's masterpiece, "The Vindictive at Zeebrugge, " transports us to 1918 when this explosive assault unfolded during World War I. The image serves as a haunting reminder of the sacrifices made by brave soldiers amidst chaos and destruction. Moving forward in time, we witness Bruce Bairnsfather's poignant WWI cartoon titled "A Miner Success. " This clever illustration sheds light on the dangerous conditions faced by miners who were tasked with detonating explosives underground during wartime. Shifting our gaze beyond Earth, we encounter a stunning composite image capturing the Crab Nebula. This celestial explosion showcases nature's ability to create breathtaking beauty even within its most violent moments. Not limited to war or natural phenomena, explosions also find their place in entertainment. Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmundson immortalized these fiery bursts through their comedic brilliance as the Dangerous Brothers on Saturday Live. Their explosive performances left audiences roaring with laughter. Taking flight into aviation history, we marvel at Hendon Aerial Pageant where daredevil pilots showcased aerial stunts that thrilled spectators while pushing boundaries within controlled explosions and pyrotechnics displays. Artistic interpretations extend further into space as well; supernova they are brought to life through captivating artwork that captures both their destructive force and awe-inspiring magnificence. History reminds us that not all explosions occur on land or in space; tragedy struck aboard steamboat Sultana in 1865 when it exploded near Helena. This disaster claimed countless lives and stands as a somber testament to the devastating consequences of an explosion gone wrong. In contrast, H.