![Operation Crossroads Test Baker, an underwater plutonium bomb test, at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, 25 Jul 1946. Note cruiser USS Salt Lake City and Japanese battleship Nagato among the test fleet. [Colorized by WW2DB]](/images/ai/20230224/564845c1e5b50.jpg)
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| Caption | Operation Crossroads Test Baker, an underwater plutonium bomb test, at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, 25 Jul 1946. Note cruiser USS Salt Lake City and Japanese battleship Nagato among the test fleet. [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase | |||||||||||
| WW2-Era Location Name | Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands | |||||||||||
| Date | 25 Jul 1946 | |||||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | |||||||||||
| Colorization Note | This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors. Processed using Adobe Photoshop Image Processor, with default neural filter, selecting "None" as the profile. View the original black and white photograph at its own permanent page. | |||||||||||
| Colorized Date | 24 Feb 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Government via Wikimedia Commons | |||||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | 25 Jul 1946 | |||||||||||
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| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||||||
| Photo Size | 5,160 x 2,696 pixels | |||||||||||
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