Image Gallery - Nuclear Monitoring
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Replicas of "Little Boy" (left) and
"Fat Man" (right).
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Aerial view of the mushroom cloud produced by the detonation of "Little Boy" dropped by the U.S. B-29 Enola Gay over Hiroshima, 6 August, 1945. Yeild: 15 kilotons.
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Aerial view of the fireball and mushroom cloud produced by the detonation of "Fat Man" dropped by the U.S. B-29 Bock's Car over Nagasaki, 9 August, 1945. Yield: 22 kilotons.
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Image of Ground Zero at Hiroshima. The ruined dome in the center is now known as the "Atomic Bomb Dome" and has been preserved as a memorial.
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"Tsar Bomba" – The largest nuclear weapon ever detonated. It was a high altitude atmospheric test over the Island of Novaya Zemlaya in the actic sea on 30 October 1961. The weapon was detonated at an altitude of approximately 4 km, produced a fireball that extended down to the earths surface and a mushroom cloud that extended to an altitude of about 64 km. Yield: 50 megatons.
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Shallow underwater nuclear test "Baker" - part of the "Operation Crossroads" series of tests near Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, 24 July 1946. Yield: 23 kilotons.
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Crater from the shallow underground nuclear test "Sedan" – part of the "Operation Plowshare" series of Peaceful Nuclear Explosions (PNEs) conducted at the Nevada Test Site, 6 July 1962. Yield: 104 kilotons. Crater dimensions: 100m deep and 390m wide.
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The first nuclear test – "Trinity", Alamagordo, New Mexico, 16 July 1945. Yield: 20 kilotons.
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Topic contact: hazards@ga.gov.au Last updated: July 13, 2011
