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)
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Mary Evans / Everett Collection
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Everett Collection
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