A few unusual images of US high-yield nuclear testing from Operation Castle, 1954... higher res than the "usual" photos, which I find helps one see them "anew"...pic.twitter.com/Wm48A8Q6Gt
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I particularly like the blurriness of the last one... adds to the "reality effect" of it. First three are all of Castle Romeo (11 Mt), last is Castle Yankee (13.5 Mt).
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By popular demand... some non-standard Castle Bravo pics. (All of these photos were sent to me by Los Alamos some time back.)pic.twitter.com/slVZHKmbP4
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To your knowledge, are there any significant photographic records of nuclear tests from this era that remain classified?
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Only a small portion of the photographs from these tests were ever released. There is a major program at LLNL going over them, digitizing them, and declassifying them where possible. You can see some of the released ones here: http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/misc/llnlfilms/
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