Color photograph of Test Abler nuclear detonation, Operation Crossroads.
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- 1946
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Color photograph depicting the aerial nuclear detonation known as Test Able, the first atomic bomb test of Operation Crossroads, conducted at Bikini Atoll on July 1, 1946. The image captures the characteristic mushroom cloud rising over the target fleet, with the bright flash and shockwave visible across the horizon.
Verso bears the stamp of the:
Special Photographic Services Section
Photographic Division—Intelligence T-2
Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
This division was tasked with analyzing photographic records of atomic test effects on naval vessels and documenting the visual signatures of nuclear detonations for military intelligence and scientific study.