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‘A light not of this world’: The spectacle and emotions generated by the first atomic bomb blast, in the words of eyewitnesses
In mid-July 1945, the world’s first atomic weapon was assembled for a test in a remote corner of the New Mexico desert known ...
80 years later, you can still see the shadow of a Hiroshima bomb victim
In the wake of the blast, these eerie shadows were left etched into surfaces across the city—almost like a photo negative of ...
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How the First Nuclear Explosion Led to the Discovery of a Rare ... - MSN
On July 16, 1945, the United States conducted the world’s first-ever nuclear test, known as the Trinity test, in the desert of New Mexico. This test marked a watershed moment in history, not ...
What a Nuclear Explosion Looks Like
A secret detachment of military photographers documented America’s bomb tests.