Photograph of the mushroom cloud of water and radioactive material produced by the test detonation of an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Marshall Islands,on July 25th,1946 (codenamed: "Baker Day"). The expanding radio- active cloud enveloped all but the outer fringes of the waiting observation fleet a few minutes after detonation. The explosion was part of a series of atom bomb tests code-named "Operation Crossroads". The photograph was taken by an automatic camera situated on an island some miles away from the blast centre | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / US National Archives |
Taille de l’image : | 5116 px × 4041 px |
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