Nuclear Testing Atmospheric Clouds

Dramatic images of nuclear detonations, capturing large mushroom clouds and fireballs from various test sites, showcasing the power of explosions.

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. PRISCILLA detonation: Series of 8 fireball & cloud, ground views (1 of 8). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. PRISCILLA cloud: Series of 8 ground views (7 of 8). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. PRISCILLA detonation: Series of 8 fireball & cloud, ground views (1 of 8). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-7 - Operation Tumbler/Snapper (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. CHARLIE cloud, aerial view. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. PRISCILLA detonation: Series of 8 fireball & cloud, ground views (4 of 8). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. WILSON fireball, ground view (1 of 2). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot/Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. BANDGER fireball, ground view. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. PRISCILLA detonation: Series of 8 fireball & cloud, ground views (2 of 8). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. PRISCILLA cloud: Series of 8 ground views (6 of 8). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. PRISCILLA detonation: Series of 8 fireball & cloud, ground views (7 of 8). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. DIABLO fireball, aerial view. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot/Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. HARRY detonation, fireball and cloud: series of 6 ground view photos (3 of 6). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot/Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. HARRY detonation, fireball and cloud: series of 6 ground view photos (6 of 6). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Vintage Photograph. THERMONUCLEAR DETONATION PACIFIC PROVING GROUNDS. Mushroom cloud from a powerful nuclear explosion illuminates the night sky.

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot/Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. HARRY detonation and fireball: series of 5 aerial photos (5 of 5). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 23 - Redwing (Enewetak/Bikini) Detonation. Cherokee Fireball, Aerial View Wilson Cloud (5 of 7). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 21 - Operation Ivy (Enewetak/Bikini) Detonation:Mike Cloud, Aerial View. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island Test Sites, 1946 - 1962

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. PRISCILLA detonation: Series of 8 fireball & cloud, ground views (5 of 8). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 23 - Redwing (Enewetak/Bikini) Detonation. Mohawk Fireball, Aerial View. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot/Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. ENCORE detonation: series of 9 aerial photos showing fireball and cloud (9 of 9). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. PRISCILLA fireball & cloud: Series of 9 ground views (4 of 9). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll

Project 26 - Operation Dominic (Johnston Island/Christmas Island/Maui, Hawaii) Detonation. Truckee cloud from Christmas Island. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

The BAKER test of Operation Crossroads, July 25, 1946. Photo shows the dome shaped condensation cloud around the gas bubble of the fireball. (BSLOC_2015_2_3)

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. PRISCILLA fireball & cloud: Series of 7 views. Photographers in foreground (5 of 7). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

An atomic explosion with fusion there's no need for this mass destruction, nor the lethal waste. September 07, 1949. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot/Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. SIMON fireball and cloud,g round view, yucca in foreground, series of 5 photos (1 of 5). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot/Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. ENCORE detonation: series of 9 aerial photos showing fireball and cloud (6 of 9). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-7 - Operation Tumbler/Snapper (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. GEORGE fireball, aerial view. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. PRISCILLA fireball & cloud: Series of 9 ground views (3 of 9). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. OWENS fireball/cloud, ground view. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Hydrogen explosion in the Marshall Islands in the fall of 1952

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak/Bikini/Johnnston Island Area) Detonation. UMBRELLA detonation; series of 71 photos from Ikuren Island of burst and base surge (33 of 71). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot/Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. NANCY fireball, aerial view. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot/Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. CLIMAX fireball, ground view (3 of 3). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 23 - Redwing (Enewetak/Bikini) Detonation. Cherokee Fireball, Aerial View Wilson Cloud (4 of 7). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak/Bikini/Johnnston Island Area) Detonation. UMBRELLA detonation; series of 71 photos from Ikuren Island of burst and base surge (14 of 71). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot/Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. SIMON fireball and cloud,g round view, yucca in foreground, series of 5 photos (3 of 5). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 40-11 - Operation Buster/Jangle (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. EASY cloud, aerial view (3 of 3). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Mushroom cloud formed by an atomic bomb explosion

10/31/1971. Palm Island. Eurption of the Teneguía Volcano.

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. PRISCILLA fireball & cloud: Series of 7 views. Photographers in foreground (7 of 7). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Hydrogen Fireball Rises -- The fireball of the hydrogen explosion set off in the Eniwetok Atoll group of the Pacific in the fall of 1952 rises above the sea shortly after the blast was set off. This photo was made 50 miles form the detonation site at a height of some 12, 000 feet. April 7, 1954. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Project 21 - Operation Ivy (Enewetak/Bikini) Detonation. Mike Cloud, Aerial View. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

150-megaton thermonuclear explosion, Bikini Atoll, l March 1854. Unexpected spread of fallout led to awareness of, and research into, radioactive pollution. UNO photograph.

The CHARLIE shot was a 14 kiloton nuclear bomb dropped from a B-50 bomber at Yucca Flat. The test was part of the Buster-Jangle series, at Nevada Proving Grounds. Oct. 30, 1951

Project 30-7 - Operation Tumbler/Snapper (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. DOG cloud, aerial view (2 of 3). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Atomic Explosions. October 20, 1953. (Photo by Press Telegram).

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. HOOD detonation: Series of 7 fireball & cloud, ground views (4 of 7). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Vintage photograph. First Atomic Bomb test at Bikini Lagoon on July 1st, 1946.

Mushroom cloud formed by atomic bomb explosion, Nagasaki, Japan, August 9, 1945

Project 30-7 - Operation Tumbler/Snapper (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. BAKER cloud, aerial view (2 of 5). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Japan/USA: Nuclear explosion over Hiroshima, 6 August 1945

Atomic Fireball From Control Point -- This is the fireball of the nuclear device which was detonated from a 300-ft tower, as seen from the Nevada Test Site's control point. The shot was fired at 5:20 this morning. Atomic Fireball From Control Point -- This is the fireball of the nuclear device which was detonated from a 300-ft tower, as seen from the Nevada Test Site's control point. The shot was fired at 5:20 this morning. March 12, 1955. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

The BAKER test of Operation Crossroads, July 25, 1946. Seconds after the water column rose, and formed a condensation cloud, it fell back, unleashing a billowing base surge forming a 500 foot high wall of radioactive mist and spray. The area was irradiated beyond all expectations. Nuclear physicist Glenn Seaborg called the BAKER SHOT, a nuclear disaster. (BSLOC_2015_2_8)

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Bikini Attol in the Pacific Ocean. Aerial view of the clouds created by the test explosion of an atomic bomb, 1946, Atomic explosion, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

The Tsar Bomba AN602, October 30, 1961, Anonymous

An 1872 albumin stereo photograph showing Mount Vesuvius erupting at 4 p.m., highlighting lava, smoke, and the surrounding landscape.

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot/Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. GRABLE detonation: series of 14 aerial photos showing fireball and cloud (11 of 14). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. WHEELER detonation, ground view. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Space shuttle Challenger disaster. 76 seconds into flight, reddish-brown cloud envelops the disintegrating shuttle. Fragments of the shuttle can be seen tumbling against a background of fire. Jan. 28, 1986.

Project 23 - Redwing (Enewetak/Bikini) Detonation. Cherokee Fireball, aerial view, Wilson cloud (3 of 7). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

The MET shot detonated on a 400-foot tower with a yield of 22 kilotons. The Military Effects Test aimed to improve battle tactics for a nuclear battlefield. April 15, 1955, at Frenchman Flat, Nevada.

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak/Bikini/Johnnston Island Area) Detonation. MAGNOLIA fireball, wilson cloud, from Parry Island, observers in foreground. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Cloud formed by an atomic bomb explosion, Maralinga, South Australia, Australia

Owens Nuclear Test Detonation, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, USA, July 15, 1957

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot/Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. HARRY detonation, fireball and cloud: series of 6 ground view photos (2 of 6). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 22 - Operation Castle (Bikini/Enewetak) Detonation. Bravo Fireball, Aerial View. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot/Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. SIMON fireball and cloud,g round view, yucca in foreground, series of 5 photos (4 of 5). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Clouds formed by an atomic explosion

Project 20 - Operation Greenhouse (Enewetak) Detonation. George Cloud, Aerial View (3 of 5). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak/Bikini/Johnnston Island Area) Detonation. UMBRELLA detonation; series of 71 photos from Ikuren Island of burst and base surge (29 of 71). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Mushroom cloud formed bomb testing

Project 30-35 - Operation Teapot (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. MET late cloud, ground view. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Albumin photograph by Giorgio Sommer capturing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on April 26, 1872 at 2:30 p.m., showing lava, smoke, and volcanic terrain.

1950S Atom Bomb Mushroom Cloud Explosion

Atomic energy: An explosion of the H-Bomb during testing in the Marshall Islands, 1952.

Hydrogen explosion in the Marshall Islands in the fall of 1952

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot/Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. HARRY detonation, fireball and cloud: series of 12 aerial photos (10 of 12). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Britain's first hydrogen bomb test over the Pacific, 1957. The mushroom cloud at a late stage of its development: the base of the column is still well clear of the sea. 15th May 1957

Vintage Photograph. EARLY ATOMIC TEST IN NEVADA DESERT. Majestic explosion lights up the night sky in a vibrant display of colors.

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. FIZEAU fireball: Series of 3, ground views (2 of 3). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot/Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. SIMON fireball, aerial view (1 of 2). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 26 - Operation Dominic (Johnston Island/Christmas Island/Maui, Hawaii) Detonation. Yukon cloud from Christmas Island, observers in foreground. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

USA/Marshall Islands: Mushroom-shaped cloud and water column from the underwater Baker nuclear explosion of July 25, 1946. Photo taken from a tower on Bikini Island, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) distant

Atomic Fireball Takes From -- A moment after today's Nuclear explosion, this Huge ball of fire formed of the Nevada Desert on the AEC's proving ground. White streamers rising skyward are caused by rockets fired almost simultaneously. April 29, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak/Bikini/Johnnston Island Area) Detonation. UMBRELLA detonation; series of 71 photos from Ikuren Island of burst and base surge (26 of 71). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 23 - Redwing (Enewetak/Bikini) Detonation. Blackfoot Fireball, From Runit Island. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

United States detonating an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll in Micronesia in the first underwater test of the device, 1946.

Eruptie van de Vesuvius in 1872, 1872 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Italy and southern France. Mount Vesuvius paper. photographic support albumen print volcano. eruption (of volcano) Mount Vesuvius

Atomic Fireball Rends Desert Stillness -- Here is how the fireball in yesterday's atomic test on the Nevada desert shattered the pre-dawn calm. Beginning one second after the explosion, (l) here are four sequence pictures taken two seconds apart which give a graphic story of the tremendous blast. May 06, 1955. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

An engraving depicting Krakatoa as it appeared before it exploded and was destroyed. Dated 19th century

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak/Bikini/Johnnston Island Area) Detonation. WAHOO detonation: series of 69 photos from Kidrenen Island (10 of 69). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Stratosphere Balloon Destroyed by Fire -- The blazing balloon surrounded by clouds of black smoke as it came down to earth.Professor Piccard's balloon, in which he was about he make an attempt to rise to the stratosphere by hot air, caught fire while being heated today and was entirely destroyed. The flight was to have been made from Zellich, near Brussels. It was the same one as used by Piccard in 1932. May 25, 1937. (Photo by Keystone).

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. KEPLER fireball, ground view. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak/Bikini/Johnnston Island Area) Detonation. UMBRELLA detonation; series of 71 photos from Ikuren Island of burst and base surge (67 of 71). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Vintage Photograph. Discoverer satellite being launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Frame 3

A781184 PLANET RANCH, AZ MISER'S BLUFF TAKAHASHI (Project Engineer) AUG 30 77 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 8/30/1978 ARIZONA; DUST; DUST EXPLOSIONS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EXPLODING; EXPLOSIONS (MAN-MADE); EXPLOSIONS, DUST; EXPLOSIONS, NUCLEAR; MISER'S BLUFF; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PLANET RANCH; SMOKE; TEST SITES; PLANET RANCH, AZ historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak/Bikini/Johnnston Island Area) Detonation. WAHOO detonation: series of 69 photos from Kidrenen Island (12 of 69). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak/Bikini/Johnnston Island Area) Detonation. OAK detonation & cloud from Parry Island, observers in foreground (22 of 34). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

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