May 15, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Three Insane Mushroom Clouds

by twistedsifter

picture of the day Picture of the Day: Three Insane Mushroom Clouds

 

THREE INSANE MUSHROOM CLOUDS

 

mushroom cloud color nuclear bomb detonation french polynesia Picture of the Day: Three Insane Mushroom Clouds
Photograph via PIERRE J.

 
This is the third picture of a series of the Licorne thermonuclear test in French Polynesia. This is a scan of a (digitally restored) hardcopy of a picture taken by the French army
 

us detonate nuclear bomb bikini atoll pacific underwater 1946 mushroom cloud water Picture of the Day: Three Insane Mushroom Clouds
Photograph by AP Photo

 

A massive column of water rises from the sea as the U.S. detonate an atom bomb at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific in the first underwater test of the device, July 25, 1946.

 

1972 nucler bomb detonation mururoa atoll frenchy polynesia mushroom cloud Picture of the Day: Three Insane Mushroom Clouds
Photograph by AP Photo

 

A 1971 photo of a nuclear bomb detonated by the French government at the Mururoa atoll, French Polynesia.

 

via In Focus: When We Tested Nuclear Bombs