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Detonation of nuclear device in Marshall Islands in 1954
The 11-megaton ROMEO Event was part of Operation Castle. It was detonated from a barge near Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 26, 1954.
Image ID: 000974
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Image size: 6.9 Mpixels (19.8 MB uncompressed) - 2348x2948 pixels (7.8x9.8 in / 19.9x25.0 cm at 300 ppi)
Image keywords: 1900s, 20th-century, Bikini Atoll, Eon4122, EonBudget, Events, Marshall Islands, Modern-Industrial, Operation Castle, Pacific Islands, Pacific Proving Grounds, Photographs, Romeo, United States, War-Conflict, atomic testing, atomic weapons, bombs, mushroom clouds, nuclear, nuclear testing, weapons
