Witnesses to the Trinity test, the inaugural atomic bomb experiment in 1945 portrayed in “Oppenheimer,” described the billowing blast in various ways.It was said to resemble a chimney, a ...

On May 24, 1957, Las Vegas News Bureau photographer Don English snapped a striking image of a model wearing a mushroom cloud swimsuit who was quickly immortalized as "Miss Atomic Bomb." This ...

Cai Guo-Qiang, “Color Mushroom Cloud” (2017), realized above the former CP-1 site, University of Chicago, on December 2 (photo by Zoheyr Doctor and Reed Essick, courtesy Cai Studio) ...

Aerial view from B-29 Superfortress, of the mushroom cloud from the atomic detonation in Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 1945. The bombing killed over 30% of the city's population and wounded tens of ...

A black-and-white photo of a Las Vegas dancer posing in a mushroom-cloud swimsuit became iconic of America's "atomic age," but for decades her identity was unknown. The mystery has finally been ...

Pic Authentically Shows 1950s 'Miss Atomic Bomb' Beauty Queen? The Las Vegas showgirl wore a bathing suit featuring a torso-sized mushroom cloud made of cotton.

The mushroom cloud reached about 2,500 feet into the sky. At the core of the fireball the temperature was 300,000 degrees Celsius, while the surface was 7,000 degrees Celsius. An aerial view of ...