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Photos from the World’s First Underwater Nuclear Explosion
PETAPIXEL ^ | February 18, 2013 | Michael Zhang

Posted on 02/24/2013 10:42:21 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER

In 1946, the United States conducted a series of nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll in what’s known as Operation Crossroads. A total of two bombs were detonated to test the effects nuclear blasts had on naval warships. The second, named Baker, was the world’s first nuke to be detonated underwater. Due to the unique properties of underwater explosions, the Baker test produced a number of unique photographs that the world had never seen before.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: 1946; baker; bakerbomb; bikiniatoll; history; nucleartest; nuke; opcrossroads; operationcrossroads; pacific; underwater
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1 posted on 02/24/2013 10:42:32 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Thanks for sharing. It’s amazing how powerful these things are.


2 posted on 02/24/2013 10:49:19 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Wow.


3 posted on 02/24/2013 10:52:25 PM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

I wonder if it made a local or widespread tsunami? Or was the water just vaporized and therefore no wave?


4 posted on 02/24/2013 10:58:26 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
Powerful stuff.

Not only the blast, but the effect the nukes had on life on the Bikini Atoll's ocean floor:


5 posted on 02/24/2013 11:04:08 PM PST by Yossarian ("All the charm of Nixon. All the competency of Carter." - SF Chronicle comment post on Obama)
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To: steve86

Meanwhile, lagoon water rushing back into the space vacated by the rising gas bubble started a tsunami-like water wave which lifted the ships as it passed under them. At 11 seconds after detonation, the first wave was 1,000 feet (305 m) from surface zero and 94 feet (29 m) high.[68] By the time it reached the Bikini Island beach, 3.5 miles (6 km) away, it was a nine-wave set with shore breakers up to 15 feet (5 m) high, which tossed landing craft onto the beach and filled them with sand.[69]


6 posted on 02/24/2013 11:20:14 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Bflr


7 posted on 02/24/2013 11:31:22 PM PST by colinhester
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To: steve86
That was just and Atom Bomb. The first hydrogen bomb was 1952 with exponentially greater yield..
8 posted on 02/24/2013 11:35:12 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

That’s pretty cool!

By the way, our experiments on Japan yielded some interesting results, too: On Hiroshima we used a uranium fueled bomb (”Little Boy”) and on Nagasaki a plutonium fueled bomb (”Fat Man”). It turned out that over the next couple of decades the incidence of new leukemia cases was far higher in Hiroshima than it was in Nagasaki.


9 posted on 02/24/2013 11:36:59 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: higgmeister

Sitting a couple hundred yards outside the Hanford Reservation at the moment.


10 posted on 02/24/2013 11:46:16 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-02-22/radioactive-waste-leaking-washingtons-hanford-nuclear-reservation


11 posted on 02/24/2013 11:56:53 PM PST by ltc8k6
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To: steve86
Do the hairs stand up on the back of your neck? Do fluorescent tubes suddenly glow for no apparent reason?
12 posted on 02/24/2013 11:58:05 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: ltc8k6

Not really much of a story here; they’ve been leaking all along.

The “big” one right now is about 300 gallons and is trapped above dry soil. Not in groundwater.

I was just telling my wife — these leaks are such a nano event compared to the subject of this thread.


13 posted on 02/24/2013 11:59:47 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
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“Hanford”

Just read yesterday they've got six underground storage tanks leaking.

No tap water in your whiskey!

14 posted on 02/25/2013 12:03:02 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: Yossarian

; ~ )


15 posted on 02/25/2013 12:21:15 AM PST by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

My Father was there. He had lots of stories to tell. And no - they weren’t about irradiated personnel (mostly.) Great stories though.


16 posted on 02/25/2013 1:05:44 AM PST by golux
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Thanks very much for the fascinating story, pictures and link to the very interesting site PetaPixel.


17 posted on 02/25/2013 1:32:41 AM PST by lbryce (BHO:"Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds by way Oppenheiner at Trinity NM)
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I subscribe to it, lots of interesting stuff.
18 posted on 02/25/2013 1:34:31 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Yes, indeed. So will I. Thanks,again.


19 posted on 02/25/2013 1:36:21 AM PST by lbryce (BHO:"Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds by way Oppenheiner at Trinity NM)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Check out “Trinity and Beyond - The Atomic Bomb Movie” It’s an incredible documentary hosted by Shatner. Lots of Atom/H-Bomb footage/info/history and even Russia’s Tzar Bomba 50 megaton blast.

That link has more than a few libridiots spouting the party line on it. Take blood pressure meds before reading.


20 posted on 02/25/2013 1:57:00 AM PST by Norm Lenhart
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