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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…
Mushroom Cloud Over Pacific Ocean.
Photograph of a mushroom cloud over the Pacific Ocean.
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…
Desert Bomb Test.
Color photograph of an [early morning?] bomb test at an American Southwest test site.
Nevada Proving Grounds Bomb Test.
Photograph of a bomb test at the Nevada Testing Ground.
Mushroom Cloud.
Photograph of a mushroom cloud against a blue sky.
"14765."
"14765."
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 of Fizeau."
Image of the Fizeau bomb test mushroom cloud at the Nevada Proving Ground.
Atomic Bomb Detonation at Eniwetok Atoll.
"An early phase of a nuclear detonation at Eniwetok during the 1951 tests."
Nevada Proving Ground Bomb Test.
Image of a small nuclear explosion in the Nevada desert.