The BAKER test of Operation Crossroads, July 25
The BAKER test of Operation Crossroads, July 25, 1946. Seconds after the water column rose, and formed a condensation cloud, it fell back, unleashing a billowing base surge forming a 500 foot high wall of radioactive mist and spray. The area was irradiated beyond all expectations. Nuclear physicist Glenn Seaborg called the BAKER SHOT, a nuclear disaster. (BSLOC_2015_2_8)
Picture No
11062531
Media ID
45270791
Size
3000px x 1574px
(1.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Everett Collection
Pick your License
Restrictions Only for Ireland and United Kingdom
A Bomb A-bomb Atoll Atom Atomic Billowing Condensation Crossroads Expectations Fallout Fission Formed Forming Iconic Irradiated Lagoon Lcgr1507 Micronesia Mist Mushroom Plutonium Proving Quantum Radiation Radioactive Seaborg Seconds Spray Surge Tests
Features In These Collections
> Contributors > EVR
