050
ATOMIC EXPLOSION (lb), CIRCA 1950
TWO MINUTES AFTER SERO HOUR, THE CLOUD ROSE TO 4,000 FEET,
THE HEIGHT OF 32 EMPIRE STATE BUILDINGS. TEN MINUTES LATER
AS IT NEARED ITS MAXIMUM, THE CLOUD STEM HAD PUSHED UPWARD
ABOUT 25 MILES, DEEP IN THE STRATOSPHERE. THE MUSHROOM
PORTION WENT UP TO 10 MILES AND SPREAD FOR 100 MILES.
Collector's Edition
SA11
PHOTOGRAPH BY THE AGENCY GRAPHICS ARTS GROUP, L.A.S.L. FOR THE U.S.A.F.
FROM THE COLLECTION OF DANIEL WOLF, INC.
©1981 THE AMERICAN POSTCARD COMPANY, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
