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Blast from test of fission-based nuclear weapon, November 15, 1952
Blast of second test in Operation Ivy series, code-named King, on November 15, 1952. King, detonated over Enewatak atoll in the Marshall Islands, the largest fission-based nuclear weapon ever built up until that time. It produced 500 kilotons of power.
Image ID: 000969
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Image size: 3.6 Mpixels (10.2 MB uncompressed) - 2128x1679 pixels (7.1x5.6 in / 18x14.2 cm at 300 ppi)
Image keywords: 1900s, 20th-century, Enewetak Atoll, Eon4092, EonBudget, Events, Marshall Islands, Modern-Industrial, Pacific Islands, Pacific Proving Grounds, Photographs, United States, War-Conflict, atomic testing, atomic weapons, bombs, mushroom clouds, nuclear, nuclear fission, nuclear testing, weapons
