Search Results
Sedan Crater: photographic print
Date
1967-03-11
Archival Collection
Description
Sedan Crater was formed when a 100 kiloton (KT) explosive was fired at the Nevada Test Site on July 6, 1962, displacing 12 million tons of earth. The crater is 320 feet deep and 1280 feet in diameter.
Image
Two frames of the complete disintegration of a house: photographic print
Date
1945-19-82
Archival Collection
Description
Two views (frames #7 and #8) showing complete disintegration of a house as a result of an explosion at the Nevada Test Site.
Image
View of the north end of Yucca Flat: photographic print
Date
1945-19-82
Archival Collection
Description
View of the north end of Yucca Flat at the Nevada Test Site. Saucer-shaped craters of varying sizes can be seen. These craters are a result of the detonation of explosives during the testing at the Nevada Test Site.
Image
Another view of Sedan Crater: photographic print
Date
1967-03-11
Archival Collection
Description
Another view of Sedan Crater formed July 6, 1962, by a test in the Atomic Energy Commission's Plowshare Program to develop peaceful uses for Nuclear explosives. (See also photo #0014 in this collection).
Image
Mushroom cloud of the "Met" nuclear test: photographic print
Date
1959-11-16
Archival Collection
Description
From Operation Teapot, the "Met" test, a tower burst fired April 15, 1955.
Image
Mushroom cloud of the "George" nuclear test: photographic print
Date
1953-06-24
Archival Collection
Description
The "George" Test of the Greenhouse Series, a weapons related test conducted from a tower on Enewetak (Marshall Islands) on May 8, 1951.
Image
"DeBaca" mushroom cloud: photographic print
Date
1958-10
Archival Collection
Description
A mushroom cloud rises from the desert floor at the Nevada Test Site. The nuclear test, named DeBaca, was a balloon burst fired in October 1958. (All Nuclear Test Site weapons tests have been underground since July 1962.)
Image
"Trinity," first nuclear test ever conducted: photographic print
Date
1951-08-24
Archival Collection
Description
"Trinity," the first nuclear test ever conducted, was a 19 kiloton tower test, exploded July 16, 1945 in New Mexico.
Image
Sedan test explosion: photographic print
Date
1967-03-11
Archival Collection
Description
"Sedan" was part of the Plowshare Program at the Nevada Test Site. It was fired on July 6, 1962. Heavier particles began falling back to earth as the main cloud continued to rise. The base surge of dust began to roll along the desert floor.
Image
Mushroom cloud of the "Hood" test: photographic print
Date
1962-06-23
Archival Collection
Description
The "Hood" test, conducted at the Nevada Test Site on July 5, 1956, was a 75-kiloton device exploded from a balloon.
Image