Trinity_Test_Fireball_25ms.jpg


Summary

Description The 1945 TRINITY nuclear explosion. Rapatronic picture taken 25ms after detonation.
Date
Source http://www.atomicarchive.com/Photos/Trinity/image8.shtml
Author Courtesy of US Govt. Defense Threat Reduction Agency

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  • 2008-05-08 04:20 Tillman 540×410× (19393 bytes) Trinity test, 0.025 sec. after ignition. July 16, 1945 5:29:45 a.m. (Mountain War Time) Trinity Site, Alamogordo Test Range, Jornada del Muerto desert. Yield: 19 - 21 Kilotons URL: http://www.trinityremembered.com/photos/image8.html

Captions

Rapatronic photograph taken 25 milliseconds after the Trinity nuclear test explosion in 1945

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16 July 1945