Trinity’s atomic blast catalyzed the transformation. Amidst destructive turbulence and searing heat, sand was thrown up into the fireball, where it melted, reformed, and rained down upon the ground. Scientists discovered proof for this storm strewn all over in the form of trinitite beads — molten drops that solidified before they hit the ground. Years later, these pebbles are still surfacing as ants excavate them from their tunnels.
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Giant Ants! It’s THEM! One of my all time favorite SYFI movies.
...Giant Ants! It’s THEM! One of my all time favorite SYFI movies.....
Ah, I miss those days, when movies like that were made. So little was known about atomic reactions and radiation, that as a kid, you just couldn’t completely rule out the possibility something like that could actually happen. Heck, probably a large part of you hoped it could happen.
There was a lot more unknown back then, that fed the imagination.
Giant Ants ! ARRRGGGGHHHH!!!
Giant mutated grasshoppers ... The Beginning of the End (1957) ... Here was a recent showing (unfortunately including an audience):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxj0m2ABQZA&t=5m27s
The heroes lure the truck-sized grasshoppers into Lake Michigan, thereby rendering nuclear cauterization of the Chicago area unnecessary.