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Photograph of mushroom cloud from Nevada Test Site, Yucca Flat (Nev.), March 12, 1955

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Date

1955-03-12

Description

Rising mushroom cloud after the detonation of a nuclear device on a 300 foot tower of Yucca Flat of Nevada Test Site. People can be seen at the bottom of the photo sitting on bleachers and watching the cloud rise in the distance. Photo credit: Joint Office of Test Information. [March 12, 1955?]

Digital ID

pho023704

Physical Identifier

0131_0332
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Citation

pho023704. Dorothy Dorothy Photograph Collection. PH-00131. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1m03z35x.

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Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

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