The Atomic Blast on Bikini Atoll from the Air
ID: SIA2010-0974
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1946
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7222, Box 26, Folder: 4
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The explosion of the atomic bomb as seen from the air shows the mushroom cloud at Bikini Atoll, 1946/
Subject
Schultz, Leonard P (Leonard Peter) 1901-
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
- This photograph was taken under the Operation Crossroads, an expedition to Bikini and the northern Marshall Islands in 1946 under the auspices of the Department of the Navy. Dr. Leonard P. Schultz, Curator of Fishes at the National Museum of Natural History, was in charge of the biological investigation of the reef fishes in the area. His investigations centered on the relative abundance of fauna before and after the atom bomb tests. Specimens were collected for the purpose of comparison and to make possible a study of anatomical variations among the various island fish populations.
- See Neg. #s for Operation Crossroads 1946: 91-6345, SIA2010-0895, SIA2010-0896, SIA2010-0897, SIA2010-0898, SIA2010-0899, SIA2010-0900, SIA2010-0901, SIA2010-0902, SIA2010-0903, SIA2010-0904, SIA2010-0905, SIA2010-0906, SIA2010-0907, SIA2010-0908, SIA2010-0922, SIA2010-0923, SIA2010-0973, SIA2010-0974
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7222, Box 26, Folder: 4
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
1946
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Nuclear weapons
- Scientific expeditions
- Atomic Bomb Tests
- Smithsonian Institution
- Personnel management
- Explorations and Expeditions
- Employees
- Testing
- Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946/1947
- Nuclear weapons--Testing
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Place
- Marshall Islands
- Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Aerial
ID Number
SIA2010-0974
Physical description
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 9w x 6h; Type of Image: Aerial; Medium: Photographic print