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Indianapolis at Mare Island Navy Yard, CA, for upgrades, 12 Jul 1945, photo 1 of 4	Indianapolis at Mare Island Navy Yard, CA, for upgrades, 12 Jul 1945, photo 2 of 4

Indianapolis at Mare Island Navy Yard, CA, for upgrades, 12 Jul 1945, photo 3 of 4	Indianapolis at Mare Island Navy Yard, CA, for upgrades, 12 Jul 1945, photo 4 of 4

Oppenheimer inspecting nuclear device 'Gadget', Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States, mid-Jul 1945	Physicist Norris Bradbury (left) with atomic bomb 'Gadget', 15 Jul 1945

Preparing the atomic bomb 'Gadget' for Operation Trinity, 15 Jul 1945	“The Gadget” atomic device on 15 Jul 1945 as it being readied for the Trinity Test the following day, Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States.

Atomic bomb 'Gadget' exploding during Operation Trinity, 16 Jul 1945	Early stage of the nuclear explosion during Operation Trinity, 16 Jul 1945

Early stage of the nuclear explosion during Operation Trinity, 16 Jul 1945, photo 2 of 2	Aerial view of the aftermath of Operation Trinity, 17 Jul 1945; note the smaller crater on bottom right, which was the crater left by the 7 May 1945 test with 108 tons of TNT

USS Sunfish at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Jul 1945	Bow view of USS Mingo departing Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 20 Jul 1945

Stern view of USS Mingo departing Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States, 20 Jul 1945	P-47M Thunderbolt parked at an airfield in preparation of a test flight, United States, 28 Jul 1945

A captured and partially reinflated Japanese Fu-Go Type A balloon bomb inside the blimp hangar at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Mountain View, California, United States, Aug 1945.	A captured and reinflated Japanese Fu-Go paper Type A balloon being evaluated at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Mountain View, California, United States, Aug 1945.

A captured and reinflated Japanese Fu-Go Type A balloon bomb on a tethered test flight at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Mountain View, California, United States, Aug 1945.	Two men at the Operation Trinity crater, circa Aug 1945