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Detonation of first atomic bomb, Trinity in 1945
The Trinity fireball, 15 seconds after detonation of the first atomic bomb on July 16, 1945, rises into the air above the desert near the town of San Antonio, New Mexico...World's first atomic bomb detonated at Trinity site in the southern New Mexico, July 16, 1945. Fast-rising incandescent cloud produced by explosion illuminated the skies.
Image ID: 000973
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Image size: 5.6 Mpixels (16.1 MB uncompressed) - 2133x2642 pixels (7.1x8.8 in / 18.1x22.4 cm at 300 ppi)
Image keywords: 1900s, 20th-century, Americas, Eon4121, EonBudget, Modern-Industrial, Nevada, Nevada Test Site, Photographs, Trinity, United States, War-Conflict, atomic testing, atomic weapons, bombs, desert, mushroom clouds, nuclear, nuclear testing, weapons
