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A black and white photo of a large mushroom cloud. Nuclear weapons test nuclear weapon weapons test.

A black and white photo of a large mushroom cloud. Nuclear weapons tes...

The explosion of the island of tahiti / A massive plume of smoke rises over the ocean / Public domain mushroom photo.

Edward Teller at his desk, taken October, 1958. cropped version. Morgue 1958-12 (P-5) [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Edward Teller at his desk, taken October, 1958. cropped version. Morgu...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Dr. Edward Teller at desk talking on telephone, taken October 1958. Morgue 1958-12 (P-4) [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Dr. Edward Teller at desk talking on telephone, taken October 1958. Mo...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

The Livermore Laboratory played host to members of the Weapons subcommittee of the General Advisory Committee to the Atomic Energy Commission at a meeting on January 13. Gathered in the Director's office for briefings on current Livermore activities are (left to right) Edwin McMillan, Laboratory Director; Jane Hall, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Assistant Director; Robert Wilson, Chairman of the Board, Standard Oil of Indiana; Kenneth Pitzer, Dean of the University of California's College of Chemistry; Edward Teller, Livermore Laboratory Director; and the late James McRae, Vice President of American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) and former President of Sandia Laboratory. Morgue 1960-70 (

The Livermore Laboratory played host to members of the Weapons subcomm...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Meeting at Livermore Laboratory. Left to right: General (retired) A. R. Luedecke, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) General Manager; Brigadier General A. D. Starbird, Director of Military Application, AEC; Herbert Loper (seated), Chairman, Military Liaison Committee; John McCone, Chairman, AEC; Edward Teller, Livermore Laboratory Director; Edwin McMillan, Laboratory Director. Morgue 1960-74 (P-1) [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Meeting at Livermore Laboratory. Left to right: General (retired) A. R...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

President John F.Kennedy visit to Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Left to right: Norris Bradbury (LASL Director), John Foster (LRL Livermore Director), Edwin McMillan (LRL Director), Glenn Seaborg (AEC Chairman),. President Kennedy, Edward Teller (LLL Associate Director), Robert McNamara (Defense Secretary), and Harold Brown (Director of Defense Research and Engineering). Photo taken in 1962. Morgue 1962-68 (P-12) [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

President John F.Kennedy visit to Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. Left t...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

President John F. Kennedy 's visit to Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. President Kennedy talking with a group in briefing room, including Glenn Seaborg, Edwin McMillan, and Edward Teller (LRL Associate Director), taken March 23, 1962. Principal Investigator/Project: Analog Conversion Project

President John F. Kennedy 's visit to Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. P...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

President John F. Kennedy 's visit to Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. President Kennedy with group outside Building 70A including Edward Teller, LRL Associate Director (right) and Edwin McMillan (left), taken March 23, 1962.  Principal Investigator/Project: Analog Conversion Project

President John F. Kennedy 's visit to Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. P...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

President John F. Kennedy's visit to Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. President Kennedy talking with Associate Director Edward Teller, taken March 23, 1962. Principal Investigator/Project: Analog Conversion Project

President John F. Kennedy's visit to Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. Pr...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

President John F. Kennedy 's visit to Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. Associate Director Edward Teller (left) and Edwin McMillan (right) among a group in briefing room, taken March 23, 1962. Principal Investigator/Project: Analog Conversion Project

President John F. Kennedy 's visit to Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. A...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

President John F. Kennedy's visit to Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. Edward Teller, Associate Director; Robert McNamara, Defense Secretary; and Harold Brown, Director of Defense Research and Engineering meet Lawrence Radiation Laboratory representatives, taken March 23, 1962. Principal Investigator/Project: Analog Conversion Project

President John F. Kennedy's visit to Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. Ed...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

President John F. Kennedy 's visit to Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. From left: Edward Teller, Associate Director; Robert McNamara, Defense Secretary; and Harold Brown, Director of Defense Research and Engineering in discussion outside Building 70A, taken March 23, 1962. Principal Investigator/Project: Analog Conversion Project

President John F. Kennedy 's visit to Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. F...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

President John F. Kennedy 's visit to Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. From left to right: Norris Bradbury (LASL Director), John Foster (LRL Livermore Director), Edwin McMillan (LRL Director), Glenn Seaborg (AEC Chairman), President Kennedy, Edward Teller (LRL Associate Director), Robert McNamara (Defense Secretary), and Harold Brown (Director of Defense Research and Engineering), taken March 23, 1962. Principal Investigator/Project: Analog Conversion Project

President John F. Kennedy 's visit to Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. F...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Dr. Edward Teller on the occasion of being presented the Fermi Award, November 15, 1962. Morgue 1962-58 (P-1) [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Dr. Edward Teller on the occasion of being presented the Fermi Award, ...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

Lawrence Radiation Laboratory hosts the High Energy Physics Meeting. Edward Teller of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and theoretician Yuval Ne'eman of Tel Aviv. Photo taken September 1966. Morgue 1966-155 [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Lawrence Radiation Laboratory hosts the High Energy Physics Meeting. E...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

A nuclear explosion over a country road. Nuclear explosion mushroom cloud atomic bomb.

A nuclear explosion over a country road. Nuclear explosion mushroom cl...

Stock photo: Nuclear explosion on a dark road / A nuclear explosion over a country road.

A large mushroom cloud in the sky with a person standing in front of it. Hydrogen bomb atomic bomb nuclear explosion.

A large mushroom cloud in the sky with a person standing in front of i...

A nuclear bomb rises above the clouds / A nuclear cloud is seen over the horizon public domain stock photo.

Ivy Mike - mushroom cloud, Atomic Bomb Test
IvyMike2, Atomic Bomb Test, atomic bomb, nuclear explosion

IvyMike2, Atomic Bomb Test, atomic bomb, nuclear explosion

Nuclear weapon test Mike (yield 10.4 Mt) on Enewetak Atoll. The test was part of the Operation Ivy. Mike was the first hydrogen bomb ever tested, an experimental device not suitable for use as a weapon. Suomi:... More

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area) Detonation - DPLA - 27329a1a246a2beade4c1ff49a5268b0

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area...

UMBRELLA detonation; series of 71 photos from Ikuren Island of burst and base surge (33 of 71).

Project 23 - Redwing (Enewetak-Bikini) Detonation - DPLA - f7ad2d7a1b81b30fb56fea0b9ce79292

Project 23 - Redwing (Enewetak-Bikini) Detonation - DPLA - f7ad2d7a1b8...

Tewa Late Time Cloud from Enewetak Island (1 of 2)

Project 21 - Operation Ivy (Enewetak-Bikini) Detonation - DPLA - fa3d20dd3a48bf7f73aa66f313b9c375
Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area) Detonation - DPLA - 05e861600877e593359e742d746fd5c4

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area...

UMBRELLA detonation; series of 71 photos from Ikuren Island of burst and base surge (21 of 71).

Project 23 - Redwing (Enewetak-Bikini) Detonation - DPLA - 9ea154141e00c33035c707488e5f1e5c
Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area) Detonation - DPLA - 6084f0c7999f24e445bf6c8d81d2e789

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area...

WAHOO detonation: series of 69 photos from Kidrenen Island, waves generated on Island after WAHOO (41 of 69).

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area) Detonation - DPLA - c13467bbeac282af300c167c5f5bb056

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area...

WAHOO detonation: series of 69 photos from Kidrenen Island, waves generated on Island after WAHOO (38 of 69).

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation - DPLA - 45c14a548a49d5aef24310587c636394

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation - DPLA...

PRISCILLA fireball & cloud: Series of 9 ground views (4 of 9).

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area) Detonation - DPLA - 4a1905554e20f0ddf3781a5ffd7634ad

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area...

OAK detonation & cloud from Parry Island, observers in foreground (19 of 34).

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area) Detonation - DPLA - a962e54cef4eb023e3bbd1b4568ebb90
Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area) Detonation - DPLA - 5c381d87e0969b25acacf708935daab6
Project 26 - Operation Dominic (Johnston Island-Christmas Island-Maui, Hawaii) Detonation - DPLA - 636dfbde3d8603f8ee913a48e48f861d
Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area) Detonation - DPLA - d6c2c0e3fe44d008be3f55b7e3fd0cee

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area...

UMBRELLA detonation; series of 71 photos from Ikuren Island of burst and base surge (58 of 71).

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot-Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation - DPLA - 982262aef7a3ee0ddc458ed128412678

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot-Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonatio...

GRABLE detonation: series of 14 aerial photos showing fireball and cloud (8 of 14).

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area) Detonation - DPLA - dc3c4a005595fc98e02eba8c6647efc9

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area...

UMBRELLA detonation; series of 71 photos from Ikuren Island of burst and base surge (44 of 71).

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area) Detonation - DPLA - ef7e206daa5e156172e9ccd5e5ac8893

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area...

UMBRELLA detonation; series of 71 photos from Ikuren Island of burst and base surge (18 of 71).

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot-Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation - DPLA - 6ef8434ed9e69694edfc514ffe7feeee
Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation - DPLA - a2e08db2da20c875bbe973e922637196

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation - DPLA...

FIZEAU fireball: Series of 3, ground views (2 of 3).

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area) Detonation - DPLA - 952251c2eb538914e4f76fdad6c192ec
Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot-Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation - DPLA - ba2f6b3d7a385526cfccf6d4298bf02e
Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area) Detonation - DPLA - ca5ce4577d037b2ecb9f6659f75ffca8

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area...

UMBRELLA detonation; series of 71 photos from Ikuren Island of burst and base surge (9 of 71).

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot-Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation - DPLA - 4d34f4b42a54319bde0120f578fc18e4

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot-Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonatio...

GRABLE detonation: series of 14 aerial photos showing fireball and cloud (10 of 14).

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot-Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Detonation - DPLA - 5044ac65ad44c12f1bcf2de6d424d44b
Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area) Detonation - DPLA - c8a43f513ddd5be5fe3457d46858a77e

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak-Bikini-Johnnston Island Area...

OAK detonation & cloud from Parry Island, observers in foreground (4 of 34).

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation - DPLA - 4de95b66aa033335cdc872c92dcf0580

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation - DPLA...

STOKES cloud with blimp & personnel in foreground.

Detonation of a Thermo-Nuclear Device in the South Pacific

Detonation of a Thermo-Nuclear Device in the South Pacific

Thermo-Nuclear (Hydrogen) device is set off in the South Pacific during Operation Ivy, photograph received 16 April 1954. Though no other information is on the original mount-card, this detonation is probably ... More