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Operation Crossroads BAKER, 1946
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Title:
Operation Crossroads BAKER, 1946
Caption:
Colorized image of BAKER nuclear test at Bikini Atoll. The nuclear bomb was detonated at 90 feet underwater on July 25th, 1946 as part of Operation Crossroads. The purpose of Operation Crossroads nuclear weapon tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on naval ships. Gases formed a bubble which rose above the surface. Water filling the cavity formed by the bubble caused a hollow column of water, called the chimney or plume, to rise 6,000 ft (1,800 m) in the air and break through the top of the cloud.
Credit:
Album / Science Source
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Image size:
5033 x 2868 px | 41.3 MB
Print size:
42.6 x 24.3 cm | 16.8 x 9.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1946 • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • 20TH • A-BOMB • ATOM BOMB • ATOMIC BOMB TEST • ATOMIC BOMB • ATOMIC DEVICE • ATOMIC TESTING • ATOMIC WEAPON • ATOMIC • BAKER DETONATION • BIKINI ATOLL • BLAST • BLASTING • CELEBRITY • COLORIZED • CROSSROADS BAKER • DETONATE • DETONATING • DETONATION • ENHANCEMENT • EVENT • EXPLODING • EXPLOSION • FAMOUS • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • IMPORTANT • JULY 25 • JULY 25TH • MARSHALL ISLANDS • MUSHROOM CLOUD • NOTABLE • NUCLEAR BOMB TEST • NUCLEAR BOMB • NUCLEAR DEVICE • NUCLEAR TESTING • NUCLEAR WEAPON • NUCLEAR • OCEAN, PACIFIC • OPERATION CROSSROADS BAKER • OPERATION CROSSROADS • PACIFIC OCEAN • PACIFIC PROVING GROUNDS • PHOTO • PHOTOGRAPH • RESEARCH • SCIENCE • TECHNOLOGICAL • TECHNOLOGY • TWENTIETH CENTURY • UNDERWATER-DEPLOYED • WAR • WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION • WEAPON • WEAPONARY • WELL-KNOWN • WMD
