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Bikini Atoll - Baker Test - Exp. #2 -July 25, 1946

Sub-collection: The War Museum - New York City

Bikini Atoll - Baker Test - Blast column ascending - Official Photo - 25 July 1946
This is an official, sepia tone, U.S. government photo designated: "DBCR-TI-318-EXP # 2 Bikini Atoll" & "AF 434 - 6". It depicts the first underwater nuclear explosion of an Mk 3A atomic bomb, the same as the "Fat Man" bomb detonated over Nagasaki.

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