File:Crossroads baker explosion.jpg

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English: A 21 kiloton underwater nuclear weapons effects test, known as Operation CROSSROADS (Event Baker), conducted at Bikini Atoll (1946).
Deutsch: Operation Crossroads - Baker: Unterseeische Explosion aus 27 Meter Tiefe. Am Rand sind Wilson-Kondensationswolken zu erkennen, die hinter der Druckwelle entstehen. Die Druckwelle ist die weiße Scheibe über dem Wasser, sie bewegt sich mit 1100 km/h.
Русский: Операция «Перекрёсток» (англ. Crossroads). Объект «Бэйкер», мощностью 23 (в других источниках - 21) килотонны был взорван на глубине 27 м под водой 25 июля 1946 года. Показана белая поверхность воды, потревоженной воздушной ударной волной, и верх полой колонны брызг, образовавшей полусферическое облако Вильсона. На заднем плане - берег атолла Бикини.
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Source http://www.dtra.mil/press_resources/photo_library/CS/CS-1.cfm
Author U.S. Army Photographic Signal Corps
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current18:33, 2 December 2005Thumbnail for version as of 18:33, 2 December 2005800 × 629 (63 KB)Fastfission~commonswiki (talk | contribs) A 21 kiloton underwater nuclear weapons effects test, known as Operation CROSSROADS (Event Baker), conducted at Bikini Atoll (1946). Image courtesy of US Govt. Defense Threat Reduction Agency: http://www.dtra.mil/press_resources/photo_librar

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25 July 1946