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Photograph of a mushroom cloud during Operation Crossroads Photograph of a mushroom cloud during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll. Dated 1946 Editorial use only. All other uses to be cleared with the copyright owner (World History Archive), in advance., WHA_059_0893.jpg, mushroom cloud; Operation Crossroads; nuclear weapons test; Bikini Atoll; 1946; atomic bomb; explosion; atomic testing; historical; warfare; military; nuclear testing; World War II; Pacific Ocean; United States; Marshall Islands; atomic energy; nuclear explosion; atomic mushroom cloud; historical photograph; nuclear history; atomic warfare; nuclear bomb; atomic testing site; nuclear detonation; atomic mushroom cloud; nuclear w

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Credit: World History Archive

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Recording Date: Jan 1, 1946

Media Size: 6,939×9,067 Pixels

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