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Mushroom cloud from the "Climax" nuclear test: photographic print

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Creator
Creator: United States. Department of Energy
Date
1957-12-29
Description
The "Climax" test, part of Operation Upshot/Knothole, was a 61 kiloton device fired June 4, 1953 at the Nevada Test Site.
Digital ID
pho026394
Physical Identifier
0282_0033
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1461j
Details
Contributor
Contributor: Scammel, Derek S.
Subject
Nevada--Nevada Test Site
United States. Department of Energy
Nuclear weapons--Testing
Clouds
Atomic bomb -- Testing
Time Period
1950s (1950 - 1959)
Place
Nevada Test Site
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
Citation

pho026394. U.S. Department of Energy Photograph Collection on the Nevada Test Site, 1945-1982. PH-00282. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1461j

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Copyright Not Evaluated
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Geographic Coordinate
36.93467, -116.31088
Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff