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Bikini Atoll Animal Tests

Fire in the Sky

Fire in the Sky

A fireball erupts after a nuclear bomb test blast over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific in 1956. The U.S. military also used the Bikini tests to research the effect of radiation on animals.

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Jan 01, 1956
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