Atomic Veterans Photo Album
Operation Crossroads, 1946
Illustrations of Baker Shot by Charles Decker
Pharmicists Mate, First Class, USS Benevolence.
"Baker Day" -- Bikini Atoll, as we could see it from about 16 miles away.
| 0835 "How Hour" First Stage: a brief flash and a swift growing cloud of cottony smoke or mist | About one minute later (sound is heard) 2nd stage: cloud top rises to several thousand feet, spreads rapidly,"stem of mushroom" is huge water column, white cloud across surface of lagoon. |
| Another minute later: 3rd stage: mushroom cloud climbs to about 5,000 ft. base cloud grows bigger. Water column still flowing water into the cloud
| A few minutes later: 4th stage: RAIN! A heavy, dark rain obscured the atoll and lagoon. Lasted for over an hour. |
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