During the Cold War, scientists tested atomic bombs in remote areas of the globe. These terrifying and beautiful images were used in research, but they were also used to intimidate anyone who would be stupid enough to challenge the US or USSR in an armed conflict.
High-speed photos by Harold "Doc" Edgerton, taken during the first three milliseconds of Trinity test, July 16, 1945.
0.016 seconds after an explosion at Trinity Site, July 16, 1945.
Atomic cloud rises during the 'Baker Day' blast at Bikini Island in the Pacific, on July 25, 1946.
Explosion of George, the third of the four explosions during Operation Greenhouse, on May 9, 1951
Ivy Mike, the first test of a thermonuclear weapon, on October 31/November 1, 1952
Ivy King, the detonation of a very high yield pure-fission bomb, November 15, 1952
The 15-kiloton Grable, test fired from a 280 mm cannon on May 25, 1953 as a part of Operation Upshot-Knothole.
Castle Bravo, the first American test of a dry fuel hydrogen bomb, detonated at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, March 1, 1954.
Castle Romeo, a test of the TX-17 thermonuclear weapon, March 27, 1954
Radioactive clouds at the Bikini Atoll on May 21, 1956
Licorne, a test of a 914 kiloton thermonuclear bomb in the Mururoa Atoll, French Polynesia, July 3, 1970
High-speed photos by Harold "Doc" Edgerton, taken during the first three milliseconds of Trinity test, July 16, 1945.
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