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Atom bomb fireball and mushroom cloud

59-1611-23
Accession Number
59-1611-23
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
HST Keywords
Atomic weapons tests; Eniwetok
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Description
The fireball of an atom bomb explosion emerges through cloud formations, forming into the already familiar mushroom, during the experimental tests at Eniwetok.
Date(s)
1948