Atomic Bomb detonation photos (slowed shoot)

Automatic Camera situated 7 miles from blast with 10 foot lens. Shutter speed equaled 1/100,000,000 of-a-second exposure:

The electric like energy that runs down the towers guide wires:

Joshua tree's near base get vaporized in just microseconds:

10 ms after detonation:

20 ms after detonation. The bright band near the base is the emerging Mach stem, an area of maximum shock:

30 ms after detonation. Mach stem continues to grow:

Roughly 1 ms after detonation:

This test was a "fizzle" in yield, and suspended from a balloon 1500 feet above surface. The balloon's mooring cables absorbed thermal energy ahead of the fireball and created the three spikes visible.

A thermonuclear test, the 'black stick' towards the lower right of the picture is a 300-foot tower, on which the device rested. The remains of the shot cab form the 'pimple' on the right:

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