File:Operation Dominic Starfish-Prime nuclear test from plane.jpg

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English: Photograph of the Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test explosion in course of Operation Dominic on July 9, 1962. Yield 1450 kilotons.
Deutsch: Operation Fishbowl - Starfish Prime (400 km Höhe, Sprengkraft: 1450 kT). Der Test erzeugte eine künstliche Aurora, die noch auf Hawaii zu sehen war.
Date Taken on 9 July 1962
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http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/Dominic.html

Image courtesy of US Govt. Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Author U.S. Air Force 1352nd Photographic Group, Lookout Mountain Station
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The debris fireball from the Starfish Prime nuclear test

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Starfish Prime

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9 July 1962

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