26 Photographs of the Frightening Strength of Nuclear Weapons from the Bikini Atoll Tests

26 Photographs of the Frightening Strength of Nuclear Weapons from the Bikini Atoll Tests

Jacob Miller - July 11, 2017

26 Photographs of the Frightening Strength of Nuclear Weapons from the Bikini Atoll Tests
USS Saratoga sinking after Operation Crossroads. wikiwand
26 Photographs of the Frightening Strength of Nuclear Weapons from the Bikini Atoll Tests
View of the USS Independence’s port quarter, showing severe blast damage caused by the Able Day atomic bomb air burst over Bikini Atoll on 1 July 1946. wikiwand
26 Photographs of the Frightening Strength of Nuclear Weapons from the Bikini Atoll Tests
Bakini Atoll test. strangevehicles
26 Photographs of the Frightening Strength of Nuclear Weapons from the Bikini Atoll Tests
A sheep under study after the Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons tests at Bikini Atoll. ABC
26 Photographs of the Frightening Strength of Nuclear Weapons from the Bikini Atoll Tests
Official observer and civilian photographer of Opperation Crossroads Fritz Goro. Time
26 Photographs of the Frightening Strength of Nuclear Weapons from the Bikini Atoll Tests
A Navy decontamination center, 1946. Fritz Goro—Time & Life Pictures:Getty Images
26 Photographs of the Frightening Strength of Nuclear Weapons from the Bikini Atoll Tests
American sailors shield their eyes during a nuclear test at Bikini Atoll, July 1946. Time
26 Photographs of the Frightening Strength of Nuclear Weapons from the Bikini Atoll Tests
Feeding a goat used as a test animal during Operation Crossroads in July 1946. Fritz Goro—Time & Life Pictures:Getty Images
26 Photographs of the Frightening Strength of Nuclear Weapons from the Bikini Atoll Tests
Gathering up dead birds on a south pacific island for radiation testing, 1946. Time
26 Photographs of the Frightening Strength of Nuclear Weapons from the Bikini Atoll Tests
Monitoring the beach and beach craft on a South Pacific island during radiation testing, 1946. Fritz Goro—Time & Life Pictures:Getty Images
26 Photographs of the Frightening Strength of Nuclear Weapons from the Bikini Atoll Tests
The USS Crittendon, damaged during nuclear testing in the Pacific, July 1946. Fritz Goro—Time & Life Pictures:Getty Images
26 Photographs of the Frightening Strength of Nuclear Weapons from the Bikini Atoll Tests
Navy workers cross the boundary line on the floor from contaminated to clean after scrubbing off radioactive dirt and debris. Fritz Goro—Time & Life Pictures:Getty Images

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