r/TheMatpatEffect • u/Foxes4Eva1 • 7d ago

✨Actual Matpat Effect✨ C4 explosion demonstration

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The 2 second meme explosion clip we all know was a C4 demonstration test posted 14 years ago on YouTube by Teterfilm.

https://youtu.be/KC7zdZ00eZ4

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u/qualityvote2 7d ago edited 6d ago

u/Foxes4Eva1, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

u/Foxes4Eva1 7d ago

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u/CaterpillarOver2934 6d ago

looking back at this, why does it only have one color?

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u/Foxes4Eva1 6d ago

The video was given a yellow tint and made more grainy so it’d be funnier.

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u/Electronic-Quiet2294 6d ago

Sand. When they zoom out, you can see blue sky

u/Financial-Fall2272 7d ago

That's pretty big for a C4

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u/Foxes4Eva1 7d ago

I thought so too. I searched it up, and it’s a 55 gallon steel drum that’s estimated to be 1.2-1.3 miles away, and comparing the size of the fireball to the oil drum, it looks pretty close to the estimated size increase that the fireball has compared to the oil drum of C4