Joint Army Task Force One Photo - Closeup view of wall of water after the explosion of the atomic bomb - image-1

Lot 169 D

Joint Army Task Force One Photo - Closeup view of wall of water after the explosion of the atomic bomb

Photographie  24.05.2013, 00:00 - 25.05.2013, 00:00

Schätzpreis: 1.000 €
Ergebnis: 7.076 €

Joint Army Task Force One Photo

Closeup view of wall of water after the explosion of the atomic bomb
1946

24,1 x 19,3 cm (25,3 x 20,6 cm). Vintage, Gelatinesilberabzug farbig überarbeitet.

„This photograph, perhaps the most awesome of all, shows the caulifl ower aftercloud looming darkly overhead, the mile-high column now fast collapsing, and the base surge plunging towards the NAGATO (left) and NEVADA (right).“ (zit. nach: William S. Shurcliff, Bombs at Bikini. The Official Report of Operation Crossroads, New York 1947, Tafel 28)