Lot 11532-8: Operation Sandstone, November 1947-June 1948. An atomic bomb is detonated. Photographs show preparation for the atomic bomb tests at Eniwetok Atoll (Marshall Islands), the actual blasts and the visible effects. Military construction, photography, meteorology, radiology, and communications; aircraft; daily life; Navy, Air Force, and civilian staff portraits; first successful color photograph made by atomic bomb flash, showing Navy spectators. U.S. Air Force Joint Task Force Seven. Images photographed through Mylar sleeves. (7/2/2015).

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