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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Summary

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

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