Allegheny Cemetery Monument for the victims of the 1862 Union arsenal factory explosion. 45 people lie here but there were thought to be 93 victims, mostly women. It is thought that street gun powder was ignited by the friction of the trotting of a trolly horse. Most think it was the Confederates.
House destroyed in gas explosion today in Essex County, Massachusetts [986×554]
An oil tank explosion at Deggendorf harbor, Bavaria, Germany after an aerial bombardment by A-20 Havoc aircraft of US 426th Bomb Group, 20 Apr 1945 [1398 x 1800]
An explosion of orange (Carprobrotus sp.)
Aftermath of the Feb. 18th Exxon Mobil refinery explosion in Torrance, CA [1920×1080]
chemical explosion [2048×1536] [OC]
Huge explosion in Yemen [2048×1365]
Photograph taken during the explosion of a Japanese Kamikaze on the flight deck of the USS Intrepid, November 25, 1944. [2524×2056]
Lava explosion, Hawaii [2000×1299]
The explosion of an oil storage tank hit during the first Japanese air raid on Australia’s mainland, at Darwin on February 19th, 1942. [1,580 x 1,024]
Aftermath of a bomb explosion in the Senate reception room of the United States Capitol which was carried out by German nationalist Erich Muenter, Washington, D.C., 1915. [5117×3992]
Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater offshore oil drilling rig owned by Transocean. An explosion on the rig caused by a blowout killed 11 crewmen, the resulting fire could not be extinguished and it sank on 22 April 2010, causing the largest oil spill in U.S. waters [1600×1200]
Hospital explosion from The Dark Knight. The fireball is amazing [500×333]
A photo of the aftermath of the explosion in China. [X-post from /r/pics][980×735]
Aftermath of house from gas explosion in Toronto suburb today [720 x 451]
Glass shards from a shattered window embedded in the wall of a stairway near the explosion site in Tianjin [1360×989]
Aerial View of the Upward Blast from the Able Day Explosion over Bikini Lagoon [2442 x 3150]
Smoke billows behind rows of burned cars at the explosion site in Tianjin, China on August 13, 2015; Greg Baker [1500 x 997]
Torpedo boat destroyer USS AYLWIN (DD-47) in drydock after a boiler explosion, c. 1914. [1500×1350]
An explosion and smoke rise after an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition at a weapons depot in Sanaa, Yemen; Hani Mohammed [1500 x 772]
Battleship Number 8: End of the Line for USS Alabama. View on board the ship’s sunken wreck, looking at the foredeck from starboard of the forward 13/35 gun turret, showing the deck blown upward as a result of a bomb explosion inside the bow. [6056×3284]
10/2014 NASA (Orbital Sci.) Antares Rocket Explosion Fireball at Wallops, USA [5616×3744]
Aerial view of the accident site after an explosion took place in an illegal fireworks plant, killing at least 5 people, in Xutong County, Kaifeng City, central China’s Henan province, on January 14, 2016; Imaginechina/Corbis [1500 x 1037]
Smoke and fire from the explosion of an Israeli strike rise over Gaza City, on July 22, 2014, as Israeli airstrikes pummeled a wide range of locations along the coastal area and diplomatic efforts intensified to end the two-week war [991X670]
Aerial view of the destruction after the explosion at a container storage facility in Tianjin, China, Aug. 15 2015; Chen Jie [OS][2560 x 1589]