![The Baker shot of Operation Crossroads, Bikini Atoll, July 25, 1946. As the spray column collapses a 900-foot-tall "base surge" of radioactive mist envelops the target ships. Ship in the foreground (left) The Baker shot of Operation Crossroads, Bikini Atoll, July 25, 1946. As the spray column collapses a 900-foot-tall "base surge" of radioactive mist envelops the target ships. Ship in the foreground (left)](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2ANE5BE/the-baker-shot-of-operation-crossroads-bikini-atoll-july-25-1946-as-the-spray-column-collapses-a-900-foot-tall-base-surge-of-radioactive-mist-envelops-the-target-ships-ship-in-the-foreground-left-is-the-japanese-battleship-nagato-25-july-1946-2ANE5BE.jpg)
The Baker shot of Operation Crossroads, Bikini Atoll, July 25, 1946. As the spray column collapses a 900-foot-tall "base surge" of radioactive mist envelops the target ships. Ship in the foreground (left)
![File:Boats being prepared for shallow water diving in Bikini Atoll lagoon, summer 1947 (DONALDSON 12).jpeg - Wikimedia Commons File:Boats being prepared for shallow water diving in Bikini Atoll lagoon, summer 1947 (DONALDSON 12).jpeg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Boats_being_prepared_for_shallow_water_diving_in_Bikini_Atoll_lagoon%2C_summer_1947_%28DONALDSON_12%29.jpeg)
File:Boats being prepared for shallow water diving in Bikini Atoll lagoon, summer 1947 (DONALDSON 12).jpeg - Wikimedia Commons
![Deepscape Photography – Shipwrecks in Bikini Atoll, Saratoga, Nagato, Lamson, Anderson, Carlisle. James Lee, underwater, shipwreck, nature photographer." /> Deepscape Photography – Shipwrecks in Bikini Atoll, Saratoga, Nagato, Lamson, Anderson, Carlisle. James Lee, underwater, shipwreck, nature photographer." />](https://deepscape.com/images/bikiniatoll/uss_saratoga_carrier.jpg)
Deepscape Photography – Shipwrecks in Bikini Atoll, Saratoga, Nagato, Lamson, Anderson, Carlisle. James Lee, underwater, shipwreck, nature photographer." />
![Former Japanese battleship "Nagato" steams towards Bikini Atoll for Operation Crossroads/Atomic Bomb Test - 1946 [1830 x 1430] : r/WarshipPorn Former Japanese battleship "Nagato" steams towards Bikini Atoll for Operation Crossroads/Atomic Bomb Test - 1946 [1830 x 1430] : r/WarshipPorn](https://preview.redd.it/5jfzb4dvw4851.jpg?auto=webp&s=d4250c653c4a60ffb73cafecd7b6f84ad1474464)
Former Japanese battleship "Nagato" steams towards Bikini Atoll for Operation Crossroads/Atomic Bomb Test - 1946 [1830 x 1430] : r/WarshipPorn
![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/2016/04/29/20/33A905F900000578-3566249-Previously_declassified_these_images_from_the_files_of_Hunters_P-a-47_1461958634227.jpg)
USS Independence was blown up alongside 77 other ships as part of atomic tests at Bikini Atoll | Daily Mail Online
![The original Bikini Atoll target: the fleet of more than 70 warships at anchor in the lagoon..., Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MEV-10652687 | agefotostock The original Bikini Atoll target: the fleet of more than 70 warships at anchor in the lagoon..., Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MEV-10652687 | agefotostock](https://previews.agefotostock.com/previewimage/medibigoff/c7955bc8195f84d32548bb7e883b0bbd/mev-10652687.jpg)
The original Bikini Atoll target: the fleet of more than 70 warships at anchor in the lagoon..., Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MEV-10652687 | agefotostock
![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/2016/04/29/19/33A9061C00000578-0-image-a-17_1461953032448.jpg)