This is because the tremendous heat produced from a nuclear blast causes an up-draft of air that forms the familiar mushroom cloud.

这是因为核爆产生的大量的热能会把空气往上吸入，形成令人熟知的蘑菇云状。

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I turned around and watched a white mushroom cloud rise up about a mile away.

我转过身来，看见一英里远的地方升起白色的蘑菇云。

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Windows were broken 900 kilometres away, and the mushroom cloud rose 64 kilometres above the ground.

900公里以外的窗子都被震碎了，地上升起了64公里的蘑菇云。

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He said after the mushroom cloud had exploded, those on the islands were told to dust themselves down and return to work.

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When I was studying engineering, I wired a circuit board incorrectly, and a small mushroom cloud of smoke rose from one of the components.

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The mushroom cloud alone was stretched out 41 miles high and was over 59 miles wide, essentially one big cloud from Hyannis to Boston, Massachusetts, or surely enough to cover Manhattan two times over.

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