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- In the game students can change wind, temperature, and humidity to see how these factors affect the growth and spread of a wildfire. Behind the scenes, the game simulates a wildfire using the Rothermel Model, developed by the US Forest Service and used in the prediction of wildfires by many state and national firefighting organizations.
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Apr 2, 2019 · The Real History of Game of Thrones: Wildfire. We examine the apocalyptic medieval weapon that inspired Cersei Lannister's last ace in the hole before Game of Thrones Season...
Oct 25, 2016 · Human beings being what they are, it’s no surprise to discover that, in our world, science has created weapons that are a match for wildfire’s sinister flames.
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Apr 8, 2017 · Hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, earthquakes, zombies. Now you know how to survive them all. If you ever find yourself facing down Mother Nature or endless hordes of the undead in real life, the skills taught in these games may very well save your life.
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Game of Thrones: Season 2
Thanks to his reluctant agent, Lancel Lannister, Tyrion is alerted to Cersei's plan to use wildfire in the defense of King's Landing against the impending attack by Stannis Baratheon by catapulting it against Stannis's fleet. To confirm if this plan is actually being prepared for, Tyrion and Bronn, Commander of the City Watch, visit Wisdom Hallyne of the Alchemists' Guild. Bronnderisively says he doesn't believe the pyromancers' claims about wildfire, as there are always charlatans on the sid...
Game of Thrones: Season 3
While touring the Great Sept of Baelor with Margaery Tyrell, King Joffrey Baratheon points out an urn containing the ashes of Prince Aerion Targaryen who died drinking wildfire, believing that the substance would turn him into a dragon. While convalescing at Harrenhal, Jaime Lannister reveals to Brienne of Tarth that the real reason he killed Mad King Aerys II Targaryen is because he ordered the entire capital city to be burnt to ashes by wildfire, rather than let it fall to the rebels. When...
Game of Thrones: Season 6
Wildfire featured prominently in Bran Stark's visions after his and Meera Reed's escape from the Battle at the cave of the Three-Eyed Raven that included visions of dragons and White Walkers. The exploding wildfire in Bran's vision is not from the past during the the Mad King's reign but instead is from the future. Cersei Lannister and Qyburn use wildfire, presumably the wildfire the Mad King had ordered to be placed under the Great Sept of Baelor as part of his long ago wildfire plot, to des...
In the German dub, "Wildfire" was renamed to Seefeuer which means "sea fire", one of the Byzantine names for Greek Fire. Wildfire (and for that matter, Greek Fire) aren't exclusively used in naval...The Spanish translation of the books calls wildfire Fuego Valyrio, "Valyrian Fire", despite not being actually related to the Valyrian Civilization. The Spanish dub of the show calls it fuego salva...In the A Song of Ice and Firenovels, wildfire is a very unstable material: It is highly combustible and can be set alight even by bright sunlight. It is described as having an emerald green coloring once ablaze, which is so strong that it can turn the air around it green. Wildfire is similar to real-life napalm or Greek fire, both highly combustibl...
Wildfire on A Wiki of Ice and FireGreek fire on WikipediaJun 27, 2016 · Nerdist dug up this video from 2011; it's a demo of igniting trimethyl borate. This compound isn't gooey and doesn't appear to glow green in its liquid state, unlike the stuff on "Game of Thrones ...
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It seems that Wildfire was used literally as an incendiary bomb to annihilate whole armies and fleets in one titanic blast, which is very different from how it was used historically. Despite the differences, I think that without a doubt, George R.R. Martin based his concept for Wildfire on historical Greek Fire.
Aug 24, 2023 · Highlights. Wildfire in Game of Thrones is a highly flammable and volatile substance that is equivalent to modern weapons of mass destruction. The Alchemists' Guild is responsible for...
