Operation Crossroads Baker, 1946

Object summary

Title: Operation Crossroads Baker, 1946
Object ID: GCP-00004793
Date made: 1946-07-25
Place made: Marshall Islands, Bikini Atoll
Maker: U.S. Navy
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

A mushroom cloud rises over a tropical island during Operation Crossroads Baker detonation, an atomic test. Several military vessels are visible in the waters near the blast site. Palm trees and huts are visible on the beach in the foreground. Text on recto reads "DBCR-T1-318-EXP#2 Bikini Atoll," "AF434-6".