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"Mushroom of Fizeau."
Image of the Fizeau bomb test mushroom cloud at the Nevada Proving Ground.
View of Mushroom Cloud from Las Vegas.
"One of the largest mushrooms ever seen from Las Vegas rises 40,000 feet over the Nevada Test Site 65 miles away at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday seconds after detonation of the fifth atomic device in current Series. Device was detonated from a helium balloon…
Mushroom Cloud.
Photograph of a mushroom cloud against a blue sky.
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Nevada Proving Grounds Bomb Test.
Photograph of a bomb test at the Nevada Testing Ground.
Desert Bomb Test.
Color photograph of an [early morning?] bomb test at an American Southwest test site.
News Nob Sign.
Sign reads: "This is NEWS NOB where on April 22, 1952, the American Press & Radio first covered, and the Nation first viewed by the medium of Television, the firing of a nuclear device generally known as 'Operation Big Shot.'
"NEWS NOB received its…
"NEWS NOB received its…
Mushroom Cloud Over Pacific Ocean.
Photograph of a mushroom cloud over the Pacific Ocean.
Weather Balloons at Indian Springs Air Force Base.
"These captive, helium-filled 'Kytoon' balloons are used to obtain information concerning air pressure, temperature and humidity, as well as other meteorological data during the atomic test periods at the Nevada Proving Grounds. Sent aloft before…
General Leslie R. Groves with J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Black and white photo of General Leslie R. Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Basement Compact Shelter Construction.
"This family is building a basement compact shelter of sand-filled concrete blocks. Solid concrete blocks are used for the roof shielding. This type of shelter also could be built of brick or structural tile.