In Single Video, a History of Nuclear Explosions

If your hazy view of history leads you to believe that nuclear detonations ended with Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this five-minute video will set you straight. Created by Isao Hashimoto, "1945-1998" tracks each nuclear detonation that occurred in that 53-year span. Against a blue, two-toned map, red, yellow, green, pink, and blue dots pulse as the month and years tick by, each representing a nuclear detonation. At the top, flags keep a tally of the number of nuclear experiments each country has conducted—by January 1958, the US is up to 119. By 1998, the all-countries total is 2,053.

According to the Huffington Post, Hashimoto reportedly said, "No letter is used for equal messaging to all viewers without language barrier. 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." (More nuclear detonations stories.)