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Operation Crossroads, Test Baker as seen from Bikini Atoll, July 25, 1946

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Test Baker, 21 kiloton yield, was the second nuclear explosion of Operation Crossroads. The bomb was suspended 90 feet underneath LSM 60 to create an underwater explosion. Detonated at 8:35 A.M. on July 25, 1946. This image was taken from Bikini Island by an automatic camera about 2 1/2 miles away from the blast. Lauren R. Donaldson was in the M... Marshall Islands - Bikini Atoll
Display date:
1946-07-25
Location:
Marshall Islands
Format:
image
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Digital Public Library of America
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University of Washington
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University of Washington
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