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Gelatin silver print entitled 'Bikini Fish Contaminated', taken by an unknown photographer for the Associated Press, from the Daily Herald archive, 31 July 1946. 'At top is photo of Damsel fish caught in Bikini lagoon after the atom bomb explosion there. At the bottom is radio-autograph made at the University of Washington, showing how the digestive tract has accumulated radioactive material picked up in food....'

Bikini Fish Contaminated

1946-07-31

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Bikini Fireworks', taken by an unknown photographer for Joint Army-Navy Task Force One, 1 July 1946. 'This remarkable photo shows the huge smoke column that closely followed the explosion of the first atom bomb at Bikini on 1 July, 1946...'

Bikini Fireworks

1946-07-01

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Atomic Fireball As Seen From the Air', taken by an unknown photographer for Joint Army-Navy Task Force One, 1 July 1946. 'The atom bomb burst, in its test of the fleet. Looking for all the workd like a giant cauliflower head suspeneded to an over-stretching neck, Bikini's billowing cloud of smaoke and flame was caught in its various stages of formation by a Navy patrol bomber flying just beyond reach of the deadly explosion. These pictures were taken within several minutes of the detonation and represent the first series of aerial views to be flown to the United States for publication.'

It Flies Through The Air With The Greatest of Heat

1946-07-01

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Going Up!', taken by an unknown photographer for Joint Army-Navy Task Force One, 1 July 1946. 'Latest released picture of the mushroom clooud rising at Bikini shows for the first time A-Bomb's exact location in relation to Bikini Atoll.'

Going Up!

1946-07-01

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Atomic Fireball As Seen From the Air', taken by an unknown photographer for Joint Army-Navy Task Force One, 1 July 1946. 'The atom bomb burst, in its test of the fleet. Looking for all the workd like a giant cauliflower head suspeneded to an over-stretching neck, Bikini's billowing cloud of smaoke and flame was caught in its various stages of formation by a Navy patrol bomber flying just beyond reach of the deadly explosion. These pictures were taken within several minutes of the detonation and represent the first series of aerial views to be flown to the United States for publication.'

It Flies Through The Air With The Greatest of Heat

1946-07-01

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Atomic Fireball As Seen From the Air', taken by an unknown photographer for Joint Army-Navy Task Force One, 1 July 1946. 'Here is the camera record of the evolution of the atomic fireball, begining micro-seconds after the detonation of the atoomic bomb over Bikini Lagoon July 1, 1946, with the man-made light of a thousand suns and ending with the formation of the atomic cloud. The series of eight pictures were taken by electrically operated aerial camera miles away from the blast. Fifth in a series of eight.'

Atomic Fireball As Seen From The Air

1946-07-01

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Submarine Atomic Bomb Churns Water A Mile High', taken by an unknown photographer for Associated Press, 24 July 1946. 'A water column nearly half a mile wide shoots up nearly a mile at Bikini Lagoon as the submarine atomic bomb bursts on July 24. Photo made from USS Mt McKinley 11 miles away.'

Submarine Atomic Bomb Churns Water A Mile High

1946-07-24

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Atomic Fireball As Seen From the Air', taken by an unknown photographer for Joint Army-Navy Task Force One, 1 July 1946. 'Here is the camera record of the evolution of the atomic fireball, begining micro-seconds after the detonation of the atoomic bomb over Bikini Lagoon July 1, 1946, with the man-made light of a thousand suns and ending with the formation of the atomic cloud. The series of eight pictures were taken by electrically operated aerial camera miles away from the blast. Third in a series of eight.'

Atomic Fireball As Seen From The Air

1946-07-01

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Atomic Blast 'Mushroom' Over Target Fleet', taken by an automatic camera for the Joint Army Navy Task Force One and distributed by Associated Press, 25 July 1946. 'The underwater blast in Bikini Lagoon, July 25, produced this 'mushroom-shaped' cloud formation a moment after the explosion...'

Atomic Blast 'Mushroom' Over Target Fleet

1946-07-25

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Atomic Fireball As Seen From the Air', taken by an unknown photographer for Joint Army-Navy Task Force One, 1 July 1946. 'Here is the camera record of the evolution of the atomic fireball, begining micro-seconds after the detonation of the atomic bomb over Bikini Lagoon July 1, 1946, with the man-made light of a thousand suns and ending with the formation of the atomic cloud. The series of eight pictures were taken by electrically operated aerial camera miles away from the blast. Second in a series of eight.'

Atomic Fireball As Seen From The Air

1946-07-01

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Atomic Fireball As Seen From the Air', taken by an unknown photographer for Joint Army-Navy Task Force One, 1 July 1946. 'Here is the camera record of the evolution of the atomic fireball, begining micro-seconds after the detonation of the atoomic bomb over Bikini Lagoon July 1, 1946, with the man-made light of a thousand suns and ending with the formation of the atomic cloud. The series of eight pictures were taken by electrically operated aerial camera miles away from the blast. First in a series of eight.'

Atomic Fireball As Seen From The Air

1946-07-01

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Atomic Fireball As Seen From the Air', taken by an unknown photographer for Joint Army-Navy Task Force One, 1 July 1946. 'Here is the camera record of the evolution of the atomic fireball, begining micro-seconds after the detonation of the atoomic bomb over Bikini Lagoon July 1, 1946, with the man-made light of a thousand suns and ending with the formation of the atomic cloud. The series of eight pictures were taken by electrically operated aerial camera miles away from the blast. Fourth in a series of eight.'

Atomic Fireball As Seen From The Air

1946-07-01

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Atomic Fireball As Seen From the Air', taken by an unknown photographer for Joint Army-Navy Task Force One, 1 July 1946. 'Here is the camera record of the evolution of the atomic fireball, begining micro-seconds after the detonation of the atoomic bomb over Bikini Lagoon July 1, 1946, with the man-made light of a thousand suns and ending with the formation of the atomic cloud. The series of eight pictures were taken by electrically operated aerial camera miles away from the blast. Seventh in a series of eight.'

Atomic Fireball As Seen From The Air

1946-07-01

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Atomic Blast 'Mushroom' Over Target Fleet', taken by an unknown photographer for the Associated Press, from the Daily Herald archive, released 6 August 1946. 'The underwater blast in Bikini lagoon, July 25th, produced the 'mushroom-shaped' cloud formation a moment after the explosion. Note gap in right side of cone of water, just above the water level. This hole, shaped like a cave at the base of a cliff, was at about the position of the batlleship 'Arkansas', sunk by the blast...'

Atomic Blast 'Mushroom' Over Target Fleet

1946-07-25

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Picture of an Underwater Atomic Bomb Explosion!', taken by an unknown photographer for the New York Times, from the Daily Herald archive, 25 July 1946. 'This view of the under-water atomic bomb explosion made at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific on July 25th 1946, has just been released in Washington by the US Airforce.'

Picture of an Underwater Atomic Bomb Explosion!

1946-07-25

Gelatin silver print entitled 'It Flies Through The Air With The Greatest of Heat', taken by an unknown photographer for Joint Army-Navy Task Force One, 1 July 1946. 'The atom bomb burst, in its test of the fleet. Looking for all the world like a giant cauliflower head suspended to an over-stretching neck, Bikini's billowing cloud of smoke and cloud was caught in its various stages of formation by a Navy patrol bomber flying just beyond range of the deadly explosion...'

It Flies Through The Air With The Greatest of Heat

1946-07-01

Gelatin silver print entitled 'First Pictures of Atomic Bomb Explosion', taken by an unknown photographer for Keystone Press Agency, 1 July 1946. 'The blast of the Atom Bomb as seen from the 'Sky Bridge' of the Command Ship USS McKinley, which is eleven miles away from the explosion.'

First Pictures of Attomic Bomb Explosion

1946-07-01

Gelatin silver print entitled 'By Remote Control...First Actual Close-Up of the Initial Atom Bomb Test at Bikini Island', taken by an unknown photographer for Keystone, 1 July 1946. 'This is the first close-up of the initial Bikini Island Atom Bomb Test. It was made with a camera installed in a tower on Bikini Island and snapped by remote control shortly after the bomb dropped by the F.29 'Dave's Dream' burst over the target...'

By Remote Control...

1946-07-01

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Atomrise Over Bikini', taken by an unknown photographer of the Joint Army Navy Task Force One, 24 July 1946. 'Ships of the Bikini target fleet are silhouetted in a glare a thousand times brighter than the sun an instant after the Able-Day bomb explodes.'

Atomrise Over Bikini

1946-07-24

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Atomic Fireball As Seen From the Air', taken by an unknown photographer for Joint Army-Navy Task Force One, 1 July 1946. 'Here is the camera record of the evolution of the atomic fireball, begining micro-seconds after the detonation of the atoomic bomb over Bikini Lagoon July 1, 1946, with the man-made light of a thousand suns and ending with the formation of the atomic cloud. The series of eight pictures were taken by electrically operated aerial camera miles away from the blast. Sixth in a series of eight.'

Atomic Fireball As Seen From The Air

1946-07-01

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Bikini Fireworks', taken by an unknown photographer for Joint Army-Navy Task Force One, 1 July 1946. 'This remarkable photo shows the huge smoke column that closely followed the explosion of the first atom bomb at Bikini on 1 July, 1946...'

Bikini Fireworks

1946-07-01