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#7 The remains of the light carrier the USS Independence, burning but still afloat, following America’s atomic bomb test in Bikini Lagoon, 1946.

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#7 The remains of the light carrier the USS Independence, burning but still afloat, following America’s atomic bomb test in Bikini Lagoon, 1946.

Bikini Atoll, 1946: A Photographic Journey Through the Underwater Detonation of a 23 Kiloton Nuclear Weapon

#7 The remains of the light carrier the USS Independence, burning but still afloat, following America’s atomic bomb test in Bikini Lagoon, 1946.

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