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Mushroom Cloud at Night
Mushroom Cloud at Night
Mushroom Cloud at Night

Mushroom Cloud at Night

DateMarch 12, 1955
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (19 × 24.4 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.181.021
DescriptionA night view of a mushroom cloud after an atomic bomb or hydrogen bomb test blast. The upper portion of the cloud is brightly lit from the blast.
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Not on view
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