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ORIGINAL!RARE !MUSEUM GRADE 1946 OPERATION CROSSROADS ATOMIC BOMB NAVY PHOTO BIKINI ATOLL ORIGINALMUSEUM GRADE 1946 OPERATION CROSSROADS ATOMIC BOMB NAVY PHOTO BIKINI ATOLL ORIGINAL
- TYPE: ORIGINAL VINTAGE U.S. NAVY ARCHIVAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH
- YEAR OF DETONATION: 1946 (JULY 25)
- TEST: OPERATION CROSSROADS SHOT BAKER
- LOCATION: BIKINI ATOLL, MARSHALL ISLANDS
- DIMENSIONS: 8 1/8\" X 10 1/16\"
- BACK STAMP: FULL OFFICIAL U.S. NAVAL PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER BLUE INK TELETYPE STAMP
- PHOTO ID NUMBER: USN 396231
- SUBJECT: UNDERWATER NUCLEAR EXPLOSION / WILSON CONDENSATION CLOUD
DESCRIPTION:
FOR SALE IS A MUSEUM-GRADE, EXTREMELY SCARCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE U.S. NAVY OFFICIAL ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPH CAPTURING THE MOMENT OF THE OPERATION CROSSROADS \"BAKER\" ATOMIC BOMB DETONATION AT BIKINI ATOLL ON JULY 25, 1946.THIS 23-KILOTON BLAST WAS THE FIRST SHALLOW UNDERWATER TEST IN HUMAN HISTORY, DESIGNED TO EVALUATE THE DESTRUCTIVE FORCE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS ON NAVAL FLEETS. THE CRISP IMAGE REVEALS THE ICONIC WILSON CONDENSATION CLOUD SURROUNDING THE COLOSSAL ERUPTING COLUMN OF DISPLACED SEAWATER, DETAILED DOWN TO THE TARGET FLEET WARSHIPS SHROUDED AT THE WATERLINE.THIS PIECE BOASTS A COMPREHENSIVE, UNBLEMISHED OFFICIAL BLUE INK TELETYPE REGISTRATION STAMP FROM THE U.S. NAVAL PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THE HISTORICAL REVERSE BACKSTAMP IS COMPLETE, SHARP, AND FULLY LEGIBLE, DISPLAYING REGISTRATION IDENTITY NUMBER USN 396231.THIS IS A GENUINE 1946 HISTORICAL ARTIFACT, NOT A REPRODUCTION OR MODERN COPY.
OFFICIAL REVERSE IMPRINT
USN 396231 7/25/16
ATOMIC CLOUD DURING BAKER DAY BLAST AT BIKINI.
ATOMIC CIOUD SHROUDS TARGET FLIET. SWEEPING OUT IN
ALI DIRECTIONS, THIS HAZE OF WATER, STEAM AND SPRAY
AND RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES OBSCURED ALL BUT OUTER
FRONES OF THE CROSS ROADS TARGET FIRET A FEW
MINUTES AFTER THE BLAST.
OFFICIAL U.S, HAVY PHOTOGRAPH
RELEASED
U.S. NAVAL PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTER
U.S. NAVAL STATION,
WASHINGTON. 25, D.C.
REG
CONDITION REPORT
THE PIECE IS PRESERVED IN PRIME VINTAGE CONDITION, MAINTAINING BRILLIANT IMAGE CONTRAST AND EMULSION INTEGRITY. NO HARD CREASES, SURFACE BREAKS, INTERIOR TEARS, OR CORNER BENDS. EDGES ARE CLEAN AND WELL-PRESERVED, COMPLEMENTED BY AN IMMACULATE REVERSE DISPLAYING THE ENTIRE COLD WAR-ERA GOVERNMENT CAPTION STAMP. DIMENSIONS MEASURE AN AUTHENTIC 8 1/8 INCHES BY 10 1/16 INCHES. PLEASE INSPECT ALL HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPHS PROVIDED TO FULLY EVALUATE THIS PREMIUM HISTORICAL COLLECTIBLE.
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THIS IS NOT A COPY OR A REPRODUCTION.
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