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Atomic Bomb Test

Fritz Goro1945-09

LIFE Photo Collection

LIFE Photo Collection
New York City, United States

Military personnel and several scientists gathered around entrance to building banked with dirt that houses the first atomic bomb's detonating and recording instruments, six miles from its explosion site in the desert.

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  • Title: Atomic Bomb Test
  • Date: 1945-09
  • Location: Alamogordo, NM, US
  • Physical Dimensions: B/W TRANSMISSION
  • Subject Keywords: Atomic Energy, American, New Mexico, Bomb Tests, Icp Donation, Special Collections, 1940s
  • Publisher: TimeLife
  • Usage: For personal non-commercial use only
  • Provider: LIFE
  • Photographer: Fritz Goro
  • Original ID: TimeLife_image_5503993
  • Credits: LIFE
  • Copyright: © Time Inc.
LIFE Photo Collection

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