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0816876 - The worlds fifth atomic bomb, the first to be detonated under water was exploded by remote radio control in the lagoon of Bikini Island a Pacific atoll on July 24th 1946. The explosion was the second in a series of three atomic bomb tests being made by the United States Joint Task Force. Eighty three warships and other craft anchored or beached in the lagoon at varying distances from the detonation point comprised the target fleet.
The photograph, recorded by an automatically operated camera set up on Bikini Island shws the rising column of water entering the first phase of the characteristic mushroom formation following the sub surface bomb blast. The US cruiser Salt Lake City is at the left of the base of the column. The Japanese battleship Negato is at the right of the columns base
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