Joint Army Task Force One Photo - The atomic bomb burst - image-1

Lot 157 Dα

Joint Army Task Force One Photo - The atomic bomb burst

Auktion 1012 - Übersicht Köln
24.05.2013, 00:00 - Photographie
Schätzpreis: 800 €
Ergebnis: 1.098 € (inkl. Aufgeld)

Vintage, Gelatinesilberabzug hochglänzend. 22,8 x 17,7 cm (25,4 x 20,8 cm). Rückseitig mit Stempel der ’JOINT ARMY NAVY TASK FORCE ONE PHOTO‘ und mit Nummernstempel. – Entlang der rechten Kante Klebestreifen (im Bildrand). Vereinzelt kleine Knicke (sichtbar im Streiflicht).

„Close-up view of the explosion cloud, which is beginning to slow up somewhat as it approaches the top of its climb. Manned planes had to stay miles away from this seemingly innocent cloud, the radioactivity of which was roughly equivalent to what would exist in the vicinity of 100 tons of radium. Drone planes were fl own right through the center.“(zit. nach: William S. Shurcliff, Operation Crossroads. The Official Pictorial Record, New York 1946, S. 145, Abb. S. 144)