Color photograph of Test Baker nuclear detonation, Operation Crossroads.
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- Photograph
- 1946
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Color photograph depicting the underwater nuclear detonation known as Test Baker, the second atomic bomb test of Operation Crossroads, conducted at Bikini Atoll on July 25, 1946. The image captures the towering water column, condensation cloud, and spray plume created by the underwater explosion beneath the target fleet.
Verso bears the stamp of the:
Special Photographic Services Section
Photographic Division—Intelligence T-2
Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
This division was responsible for analyzing photographic evidence of atomic test effects on naval vessels and recording the visual characteristics of nuclear detonations for intelligence purposes.