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Caption | American physicist Harry Daghlian's radiation-burned right hand 9 days after he had manually stopped a prompt critical fission reaction during an accident with a plutonium sphere, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States, 29 Aug 1945; he would die from radiation poisoning 16 days after this photograph was taken ww2dbase | ||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States | ||||
Date | 29 Aug 1945 | ||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Government via Wikimedia Commons | ||||
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Photos on Same Day | 29 Aug 1945 | ||||
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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 | C. Peter Chen | ||||
Photo Size | 800 x 590 pixels |
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