87K views · 735 reactions | On March 1, 1954, a B-57B Canberra jet filmed Castle Bravo, the largest U.S. nuclear test, at Bikini Atoll, capturing its 15-megaton blast—bigger than the expected 6 megatons—as part of Operation Castle. The plane recorded the huge fireball and cloud, but the explosion’s fallout spread far, harming people nearby and a Japanese fishing crew, making the footage a key Cold War record. | Historyinmemes | Facebook

En marzo de 1954, Estados Unidos realizó la prueba Castle Bravo, esperando una explosión de 5 megatones. Sin embargo, un error de cálculo con el litio-7 en el combustible desató una detonación de 15 megatones, la más poderosa en la historia del país: 1,000 veces más fuerte que Hiroshima. 🌍 La explosión dejó un cráter de más de un kilómetro de ancho, con una nube en forma de hongo que se elevó a 40 km de altura y se expandió más de 100 km. La lluvia radiactiva contaminó unos 18,000 km², afectand

8.8K views · 149 reactions | The 1954 U.S. thermonuclear test called Castle Bravo, detonated at Bikini Atoll, was far more powerful and environmentally damaging than anyone had expected. With climate change and rising seas, the toxic legacy we buried in the Marshall Islands is about to be uncovered. https://www.latimes.com/projects/marshall-islands-nuclear-testing-sea-level-rise/ | Los Angeles Times | Facebook

A B57-B aircraft captures "Castle Bravo" from the sky, which is the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the United States. The operation, which took place on March 1, 1954 at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, was testing a dry fuel hydrogen bomb. h/t: Wikipedia | Inverse