EXP-11-2
First H-bomb, Pacific Island
31 Oct 1952
gelatin silver print
20.5 x 28 cm
Inscription on the back:
The cloud. The first hydrogen bomb erupts over the Pacific Oct. 31, 1952, it’s giant cloud casting a shadow over the world and particularly the scientists of Los Alamos, N. M. “We’re proud of the part we played in the nation’s defense,” says a Los Alamos physicist who now heads the effort … the H-Bomb’s inferno to produce.
