![Colorized image of BAKER nuclear test at Bikini Atoll. The nuclear bomb was detonated at 90 feet underwater on July 25th, 1946 as part of Operation Crossroads. The purpose of Operation Crossroads Colorized image of BAKER nuclear test at Bikini Atoll. The nuclear bomb was detonated at 90 feet underwater on July 25th, 1946 as part of Operation Crossroads. The purpose of Operation Crossroads](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G16EPE/colorized-image-of-baker-nuclear-test-at-bikini-atoll-the-nuclear-G16EPE.jpg)
Colorized image of BAKER nuclear test at Bikini Atoll. The nuclear bomb was detonated at 90 feet underwater on July 25th, 1946 as part of Operation Crossroads. The purpose of Operation Crossroads
![Hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific alarms strategists – archive, 1954 | Nuclear weapons | The Guardian Hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific alarms strategists – archive, 1954 | Nuclear weapons | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6e57e8195121970fc0259ae1258b67da8f5a5553/481_0_2997_1800/master/2997.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=f32c667bc4bd4fed148ab2ed2cfc54e2)
Hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific alarms strategists – archive, 1954 | Nuclear weapons | The Guardian
![MHS Collections Online: Second Bikini Atoll atomic bomb test [2 seconds after detonation], 25 July 1946 MHS Collections Online: Second Bikini Atoll atomic bomb test [2 seconds after detonation], 25 July 1946](http://www.masshist.org/database/images11/5622_bikini_2_sec_work_lg.jpg)
MHS Collections Online: Second Bikini Atoll atomic bomb test [2 seconds after detonation], 25 July 1946
![70th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads Atomic Tests in Bikini Atoll, July 1946 | National Security Archive 70th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads Atomic Tests in Bikini Atoll, July 1946 | National Security Archive](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/crossroad-1800.jpg)
70th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads Atomic Tests in Bikini Atoll, July 1946 | National Security Archive
![USS Independence was blown up alongside 77 other ships as part of atomic tests at Bikini Atoll | Daily Mail Online USS Independence was blown up alongside 77 other ships as part of atomic tests at Bikini Atoll | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/04/29/19/33A9062E00000578-0-image-a-11_1461953006942.jpg)
USS Independence was blown up alongside 77 other ships as part of atomic tests at Bikini Atoll | Daily Mail Online
![U.S. Army Photographic Signal Corps | [Operation Crossroads: 21 Kiloton "Baker" Bomb Detonated Ninety Feet Underwater, Bikini Atoll Lagoon, South Pacific, July 25, 1946] | The Metropolitan Museum of Art U.S. Army Photographic Signal Corps | [Operation Crossroads: 21 Kiloton "Baker" Bomb Detonated Ninety Feet Underwater, Bikini Atoll Lagoon, South Pacific, July 25, 1946] | The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP-22644-003.jpg)