In several accounts, it was explained that the explosion of the planet Krypton had opened a " dimensional warp " ( similar to a wormhole in modern theoretical physics ) which allowed the vehicle carrying the young Kal-El to reach Earth in a relatively brief time, and a large amount of planetary debris had also passed through this " warp " and emerged near Earth at virtually the same time, accounting for the seemingly improbable abundance of kryptonite material and its availability to Superman's enemies.

The enormous explosion, similar to the Petersburg mine, killed 47 men ; 146 injured.

The force of the explosion deforms the relatively soft steel balls into a shape similar to a. 22 rimfire projectile.

A similar explosion of design, and renaissance of culture in general, occurred in Northern Europe, starting in the fifteenth century.

* October 17, 1998-1998 Jesse pipeline explosion at Jesse in the Niger Delta in Nigeria, a petroleum pipeline exploded killing about 1, 200 villagers, some of whom were scavenging gasoline-the worst of several similar incidents in this country.

Too low temperature will result in a mixture of sintered metal and slag, too high temperature – above boiling point of any reactant or product – will lead to rapid production of gas, dispersing the burning reaction mixture, sometimes with effects similar to a low-yield explosion.

( Moisture in composition or adjanced materials can result in similar effect, a steam explosion.

The MythBusters program also tested the veracity of a video found on the Internet, whereby a quantity of thermite was allowed to drop onto a block of ice of similar mass, causing a sudden explosion.

The purpose of an earth-penetrating nuclear bunker buster is to reduce the required yield needed to ensure the destruction of the target by coupling the explosion to the ground, yielding a shock wave similar to an earthquake.

While the classification of acritarchs into form genera is entirely artificial, it is not without merit, as the form taxa show traits similar to those of genuine taxa-for example an ' explosion ' in the Cambrian and a mass extinction at the end of the Permian.

similar in principle to the shock wave formed by an explosion, or at the front of a supersonic aircraft.

This trend coincided with a similar surf rock revival, and both styles fed in into the alternative rock movement and future grunge explosion, which some say was partially inspired by garage rock from the Tacoma area like The Sonics and The Wailers, but was largely unknown by fans outside the immediate circles of the bands themselves.

It's no coincidence that the early ' 80s explosion in artistamp creation paralleled the development and widespread use of color photocopiers, and that a similar surge followed the ubiquity of personal computers and inexpensive color printers.

The bandwagon effect can also lead to sudden explosion of similar products which ultimately crowd the market, causing customer interest to peter out and leaving companies high and dry.

Shortly afterwards, Mrs Powell's family were murdered in a bomb explosion, in a plotline very similar to the one used earlier with Jim Fletcher.

As in the above example, Elric's success was such that he inspired an explosion of similar characters in popular fiction.

Malins filmed the explosion from a very similar vantage point. Malins and McDowell shot the film before and during the Battle of the Somme, which started on 1 July 1916.

The principle of explosion, ( Latin: ex falso quodlibet or ex contradictione sequitur quodlibet, " from a contradiction, anything follows ") or the principle of Pseudo-Scotus, is the law of classical logic and intuitionistic and similar systems of logic, according to which any statement can be proven from a contradiction.

A similar idea was put forward by Edward Teller, the " father of the H-bomb ", who, in February 1957, proposed the detonation of atomic devices both on and some distance from the lunar surface to analyze the effects of the explosion.

The resulting damage was seen as being similar to the effects of a relatively small nuclear explosion with destructive power equivalent to 2, 000 tons of TNT.

Since a supernova explosion roughly occurs in a typical spiral galaxy every 100 years, astronomers use high-resolution images of NGC 3982 and other galaxies to detect stars which are nearing a similar explosive descent into supernovae.

In order to take flight, they shake and quiver their tails and backsides and seem to be mixing two liquids which produce an explosion of flames from their rear end, similar to a Bombardier beetle's blast of acid.

The RDS-1 explosion yielded 22 kilotons of TNT, similar to the American Gadget and Fat Man bombs.

Four days later Meredith was killed in the explosion of Gunboat No. 3 during a similar attack against the Tripolitans.

While the coast of BC and certain valleys in the south-central part of the province have mild weather, the majority of BC's land mass experiences a cold winter temperate to subarctic climate similar to the rest of Canada.

Submarine channels are similar to land rivers, but they are formed by density currents — underwater flow mixtures of sand, mud and water that are denser than sea water and so sink and flow along the bottom.

The battlefield of Ramillies is very similar to that of Blenheim, for here too there is an immense area of arable land unimpeded by woods or hedges.

Early Carboniferous land plants, some of which were preserved in coal balls, were very similar to those of the preceding Late Devonian, but new groups also appeared at this time.

This is slightly lower than reported for North America, a land mass of similar size with 25, 160 species in 3526 genera and 129 families.

The social goal was to invest in land and enter the gentry, ideas more similar to the physiocrats than that of Adam Smith.

To keep similar situations around the country from escalating into violence, the government promised to parcel out land belonging to the National Corporation for Investment ( Corporación Nacional de Inversiones — Conadin ).

This Naval Infantry functions similar to the US Marine Infantry which traditionally assault land objectives from water born assault platforms.

The land is similar to the false paradise of Mount Amara in Paradise Lost, especially the Abyssinian maid's song about Mount Abora that is able to mesmerise the poet.

These Schyres must not be confounded with the shire of the present day ; they were simply divisions of land, similar in extent to an average modern parish.

Rather, they concluded that azhdarchids were more likely terrestrial stalkers, similar to modern storks, and probably hunted small vertebrates on land or in small streams.

For example, it is a common misconception that reforms under Deng Xiaoping resulted in the privatization of agricultural land and a creation of a land tenure system similar to those found in Western countries.

* Lower densities than central cities, dominated by single-family homes on small plots of land, surrounded at close quarters by very similar dwellings.

Danegeld is a similar type of land tax, but tallage was brought to England by the Normans as a feudal duty.

As the extinction of these two species came at a similar time to human habitation of Australia, hunting by humans and land clearance have been mooted as possible causes.

* The Baudhayana Dharmasutra gives similar definitions, declaring that Aryavarta is the land that lies west of Kalakavana, east of Adarsana ( where the Sarasvati disappears in the desert ), south of the Himalayas and north of the Vindhyas.

The old dairy plant in southern Finglas which had been left derelict for many years has made way for several modern apartment blocks, the adjacent land also being used for a similar development namely Prospect Hill.

; All-Terrain Windsurfing: A sport similar to traditional windsurfing that is performed on land rather than water.

A four wheeled deck, similar to a mountain board or skateboard deck, is commonly used in conjunction with a mast and sail in order to project the board across land.

The airport, operated by the South Jersey Transportation Authority on land leased by the FAA, would be turned over to the Port Authority in a similar manner to the takeover of Stewart Airport.

Rand, Loial and Hurin are separated from the Shienaran party and transported to an alternate world via a portal stone, a world similar to their own but where the land appears deserted and distorted.

If similar amounts of land have been lost on other parts of the Solent shore, the Solent was likely much narrower in Roman times, and it is possible to believe Diodorus Siculus's report that in his time men could wade to the Isle of Wight at low tide.

All farming lands were owned by nobles, who then gave their land to their serfs, a situation similar to European feudalism.

A similar situation occurred in the U. S. when NASA acquired land to construct the John C. Stennis Space Center ( SSC ), a rocket testing facility, in Hancock County, Mississippi ( on the Mississippi side of the Mississippi River, which is the Mississippi-Louisiana state line ) required NASA to acquire a large ( approximately ) buffer zone because of the loud noise and potential dangers associated with testing such rockets.