File:Operation Crossroads Baker (wide).jpg

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English: The "Baker" explosion, part of Operation Crossroads, a nuclear weapon test by the United States military at Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, on 25 July 1946. The wider, exterior cloud is actually just a condensation cloud caused by the Wilson chamber effect, and was very brief. The actual mushroom cloud is inside the condensation cloud (compare with this image, a photo taken slightly later, after the condensation cloud had cleared). The water released by the explosion was highly radioactive and contaminated many of the ships that were set up near it. Some were otherwise undamaged and sent to Hunter's Point in San Francisco, California, United States for decontamination. Those which could not be decontaminated were sunk a number of miles off the coast of San Francisco.
Date
Source Library of Congress
Author United States Department of Defense (either the U.S. Army or the U.S. Navy)
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Derivative works of this file:  Operation Crossroads Baker in color.jpg

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Object location11° 34′ 58.8″ N, 165° 22′ 58.8″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.

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Operation Crossroads - Baker detonation

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25 July 1946

11°34'59"N, 165°22'59"E

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