Imploding 8 steel cables on a huge dragline crane boom

When you think implosions, it's typically an explosive demolition involving a building, or even a bridge. But sometimes the implosion jobs are a little more specialized, as is the case in this instance.

Controlled Demolition Inc. were subcontracted for implosion duties by Southern Salvage Inc. of Florida to perform an explosive severance of steel cabling. These cables, 8 of them, were holding up the dragline boom on a fairly sizable crane. By breaking them, the boom could fall safely to the ground for a future salvage operation.

As you can see, the implosion went off without a hitch.