No callsign, so it's military UFO?

Is this the oil price cap?

Untimely Fired Ordinance?

Why is the explosion wearing a Kippah?

Those things exist?

Just identify them then!

They do, but they always fly up into the sky.

It might be an honest to god lid gettin blown offa that thing

Upwards Facing Oil

I might have found a clue ;D

T-80: Nobody can blow their lid like me!

Oil tank: Hold my vodka!

That saucer is rolling coal.

2000: Russia gonna have airship dropping bomb

2026: UFO goes brrrrrrrrrr

Russia TV News: play it in reverse so it looks like our dear leader put a lid on the issue immediately.

Perfect

Sim City vibes.

All jokes aside, I'm seriously impressed that the roof structure maintained it's integrity and didn't just shred to pieces in the explosion

When that landed, did it sound like an oversized coin? I hope it did the wobble "wah---wah--wah--wah-wah-wah-wah-wahwahwah" sound

Yeah I can't believe they just didn't make the entire building like that.

We have determined it's an object.

Did you ask a fucking AI to help you put text on this, or why is it so grainy?

First they came for the artists, then they came for the guys that put text on images.

I think that part kinda makes sense. The lid is domed, which increases its strength. The seam where the lid meets the walls would tend to be the weakest point. I'm more surprised there was such a violent explosion in the first place, usually they just burn. Could be that tank was partially empty and the area beneath the lid was a highly combustible fuel/air mix. Drone hits the tank, vapour ignites, and pop.

So a pure asshole is at the helm.

I could easily see that being an artistic choice to add film grain to the picture for the bit.

You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!

IIRC, the lid can move up and down depending on how much content there's in the tank. Something something provides pressure if it's a gas.

No one's ever made a photo grainy before, it had to be artificial intelligence!

Welcome back, Operation Plumbbob.

Funnily enough, I saw this meme earlier, and thought it was an AI rendering of the world's fastest manhole cover. Then I scrolled Lemmy, and here I am.

Domes are great in one direction, because any given section has something below it. They’re a 3D arch, something whoch would fall apart immediately if turned upside down. The great part about big rounded edges is that they distribute pressure more evenly and reduce the amount of seams present unlike a welded cube, for example.

More likely is that, yes, the connection between the roof and the rest was the weaker point and also the dome was able to basically be a parachute so it coukd catch air instead of just being flung in some random direction.

I still give the nod to New Glenn for explosion of the year, but this photo is even cooler in some ways.

It's probably a floating roof. In the petro they use this for several reasons. Less contact between the product and air reduces oxidation. There is also less gass formed above the product reducing odour. But funny enough, it is mainly used to reduce risk of explosion ...

"Then the oil from the coach lamps ignites and there is a second explosion, out of which rolls—because there are certain conventions, even in tragedy—a burning wheel."

Terry Pratchett, Soul Music

It’s probably a floating roof.

Sure is.

Easy Micheal Caine…

Sure.

Anyway, here's how the pictures compare in any image editor (the darker the more identical the pixel):

Notice that I lined the UFO up, but the skyline is now all out of whack, which seems to be a lot of work to give to oneself if all you wanted to do was add 4 words. Similarly, I can line up parts of the skyline, but now the UFO is at the wrong place:

In conclusion: I am pretty sure it was done with AI.

Sure, however, it is not in this case.

Heyoooo (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞

It is a cover, but a few orders of magnitude bigger!

Yup, I’m not sure about this lid specifically, but some slide up and down the tank, since water is denser than oil they don’t really care if rain water gets past the seal.

An arch or dome made of stone would instantly fall apart if flipped upside down. A steel one will perform just as well, as steel is isotropic.

Same logic could apply to airplanes. "In the unlikely event of a water landing, your seat cushion will become a flotation device." Oh that's nice, then why doesn't the plane become A BOAT!? - some standup comic.

Obviously diesel powered.

Boo

It's the 1,584th of February 2022... Can't take much longer!!!!111

Ukraine will transform Russia from a "fossil fuel export nation" into a "fossil fuel import nation".

You hate to see it when thinking about the environment.

You love to see it when thinking about Putin getting briefed what's on fire this time.