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|{{Image|Trinity test.jpg|right|200px|20 kt,Trinity test of first [[Nuclear weapon|atomic bomb]], July 15, 1945, White Sands, New Mexico. 0.016 seconds after detonation, fireball was about 200 metres wide.}}
|{{Image|Trinity test.jpg|right|200px|20 kt,"Trinity" surface test of first fission bomb]], July 15, 1945, White Sands, New Mexico. 0.016 seconds after detonation, fireball was about 200 metres wide.}}
|{{Image|Castle Bravo H-Bomb, 1954.jpg|right|200px|15 Mt, Fireball of Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test, Bikin Atoll, March 1, 1954}}  
|{{Image|Baker fission, Bikini, July 24, 1946.jpg|right|200px|23 kt, "Baker" test, underwater fission bomb, Bikini Atoll, July 24,1946}}
|{{Image|Arkansas May 2, 1962.jpg|right|200px|1Mt, Arkansas test, parachuted air drop from B52 aircraft, Christmas Island, May 2, 1962}}  
|{{Image|Mike, H-bomb, 10.4 Mt, Enewetak, Oct. 31, 1952.JPG|right|200px|10.4 Mt, "Mike" surface test of first fusion device. Enewetak Atoll, October 31, 1952}}
|{{Image|Baker fission, Bikini, July 24, 1946.jpg|right|200px|21 kt, Baker test,underwater fission bomb, Bikini AtollJuly 24,1946}}  
|{{Image|Ivy Mike.JPG|right|200px|10.4 Mt,Mushroom cloud from "Mike" surface test of first fusion device. Enewetak Atoll, October 31, 1952}}
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|{{Image|Castle Bravo H-Bomb, 1954.jpg|right|200px|15 Mt, Fireball of "Castle Bravo" fusion bomb surface test, Bikini Atoll, March 1, 1954}}
|{{Image|Dakota, fusion bomb, 1.1 Mt, Bikini , June 25, 1956.jpg|right|200px|1.1 Mt,"Dakota" test of fusion bomb, Bikini Atoll. June 25, 1956}}  
|{{Image|Arkansas May 2, 1962.jpg|right|200px|1Mt, "Arkansas" test of a fusion device for missile cones, parachuted by air drop from B52 aircraft, Christmas Island, May 2, 1962}}
|{{Image|Bluestone, fusion bomb, 1.3Mt, Christmas Is., June 30, 1962.jpg|right|200px|1.3 Mt,"Bluestone" test of fusion bomb air drop from B52 aircraft, Christmas Island, June 30, 1962}}
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|{{Image|Mohawk, 350 kt, surface tower, Enewetak, July 2, 1956.jpg|right|200px|350 kt, "Mohawk" test of fusion bomb on surface tower, Enewetak Atoll, July 2, 1956}}
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https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/index.php?title=Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory/Gallery&printable=yes
A collection of images about Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Nuclear weapons tests
(kt and Mt are kilotons and megatons, respectively, of TNT equivalent energy)
(PD) Photo: Berlyn Brixner
20 kt,"Trinity" surface test of first fission bomb
, July 15, 1945, White Sands, New Mexico. 0.016 seconds after detonation, fireball was about 200 metres wide.]]
(PD) Photo: U.S. Government
23 kt, "Baker" test, underwater fission bomb, Bikini Atoll, July 24,1946
(PD) Photo: U.S. Government
10.4 Mt, "Mike" surface test of first fusion device. Enewetak Atoll, October 31, 1952
(PD) Photo: U.S. Department of Energy
10.4 Mt,Mushroom cloud from "Mike" surface test of first fusion device. Enewetak Atoll, October 31, 1952
(PD) Photo: U.S. Government
15 Mt, Fireball of "Castle Bravo" fusion bomb surface test, Bikini Atoll, March 1, 1954
(PD) Photo: U.S. Government
1.1 Mt,"Dakota" test of fusion bomb, Bikini Atoll. June 25, 1956
(PD) Photo: U.S. Government
1Mt, "Arkansas" test of a fusion device for missile cones, parachuted by air drop from B52 aircraft, Christmas Island, May 2, 1962
(PD) Photo: U.S. Government
1.3 Mt,"Bluestone" test of fusion bomb air drop from B52 aircraft, Christmas Island, June 30, 1962
(PD) Photo: U.S. Government
350 kt, "Mohawk" test of fusion bomb on surface tower, Enewetak Atoll, July 2, 1956
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