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Gelatin silver print entitled 'Growth of An H-Bomb Fireball', taken by an unknown photographer for Associated Press in Autumn 1952. 'These photos, taken from an official movie record, show the last phases of the nuclear fireball caused by the explosion of a Hydrogen Bomb in the Pacific Eniwetok Atoll in the Autumn of 1952...'

Growth of An H-Bomb Fireball

1952

Gelatin silver print of the hydrogen bomb explosion at Enewetok, taken by an unknown photographer for Associated Press in Autumn 1952. 'This photo taken at a height of about 12,000 feet and 50 miles from the burst shows the cloud which formed after the detonation of a hydrogen bomb in the Marshall Islands in the Autumn of 1952...'

H-Bomb

1952

Colour photograph of aerial view of a thermonuclear explosion, Eniwetok Atoll, taken by an unknown photographer for the Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1 November 1952.

Aerial View of a Thermonuclear Explosion

1952-11-01

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Eniwetok Atoll Atom-Bomb Test', taken by an unknown photographer for Planet News Ltd, April-May 1951. 'A ball of flame rises over Eniwetok atoll during the April-May atom test blasts. The United States government announced on June 13th that the recent tests contributed greatly to the development of the hydrogen bomb and specialised atomic weapons...'

Eniwetok Atoll Atom-Bomb Test

1951

Gelatin silver print entitled 'It Flies Through The Air With The Greatest of Heat', taken by an unknown photographer for the Atomic Energy Commission and released through Associated Press on 20 May 1949. 'The fireball of an atomic bomb explosion was just rising as this picture was taken during tests at Eniwetok in spring of 1948...'

As Eniwetok Atomic Fireball Rose

1949-05-20

Gelatin silver print entitled 'An H-Bomb Fireball - First Pictures', taken by an unknown photographer for Associated Press in Autumn 1952. 'These photos, taken from an official movie record, show the last phases of the nuclear fireball caused by the explosion of a Hydrogen Bomb in the Pacific Eniwetok Atoll in the Autumn of 1952...'

An H-Bomb Fireball - First Pictures

1952