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Image: Operation Emery - Baneberry

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Description: On December 18, 1970, the Baneberry underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site released radioactivity to the atmosphere. Baneberry had a yield of ten kilotons. It was buried about 900 feet beneath the surface of Yucca Flat, near the northern boundary of the NTS
Title: Operation Emery - Baneberry
Credit: This image is available from the National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office Photo Library under number P-2746. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required.
Author: Photo courtesy of National Nuclear Security Administration / Nevada Site Office
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License: Public domain
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