Bikini Atoll
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Bikini Atoll, known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 19th century and 1946, is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a 229.4-square-mile central lagoon. The atoll i
A woman named Liijabor from Likiep Island, Likiep Atoll in the Marshall Islands, wears a traditional nieded or clothing mat, c. 1918
Island of the Bikini Atoll
Vegetation on Bikini Atoll
Bikini islander canoes are loaded for their relocation
Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll consisted of the detonation of 23 nuclear weapons by the United States between 1946 and 1958 on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Tests occurred at seven test sites
Bikini Atoll
…early 1948, and were moved to Kwajalein Atoll. The U.S. used Bikini Atoll for the fourth detonation of a nuclear bomb, and carried out 22–23 additional nuclear tests there until 1958, when it was discovered that the fallout from testing was much more dangerous than previously thought. To this day, the Bikini islanders…
Aerial view of the Able test, a 23 kt (96 TJ) device detonated on July 1, 1946 at an altitude of 520 ft (160 m).
FH6-FK Hellcat unmanned aircraft are prepared for their flight through mushroom cloud.
Bikini Chief Judah, island magistrate from Rongerik Atoll, with one of his subchiefs, August 1947
LST arrives in March 1946