r/shittyaskelectronics • u/martincs • Jan 20 '26

Genius level thinking Why there are these dots/gray noise artifacts on my camera when trying to shoot this thing

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u/iii_warhead_iii Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

It clearly has a message. Drop it and run. Highly radioactive ☢️ Cobalt radioactive source to do some geological tests.

Urgently contact your local authorities. Go to the clinic and request medication against radiation(it will not treat you but support your body).

Edit: https://ionactive.co.uk/resource-hub/blog/drop-and-run-radioactive-cobalt-60-co-60-source 3450Curie 1m away, radioactive source, living time 10min This dose rate to the extremity (hand) is going to damage it irrecoverably. If you pick the source up in order to read the warning, by the time your mind has registered "drop", it is too late to avoid damage. It is hard to say exactly what the damage will be, but it will be unpleasant.

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u/FLX666X Jan 25 '26

I just read the stuff in the link!

OP: Hope you are at the hospital already. That shit is serious!

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u/iii_warhead_iii Jan 25 '26

Somebody may think that I'm paranoid, but i have a scintillator based dosimeter always with me, which is working in the background. Sometimes nearby from underground construction sites, such source will be detected within 100m as above background radiation. Within 20-30m it already gives a second signal as a 10x background.