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Silhouetted against the glare of the atom bomb explosion in the underwater tests in Bikini lagoon, ships of the target fleet can be seen in the foregr(...)
Silhouetted against the glare of the atom bomb explosion in the underwater tests in Bikini lagoon, ships of the target fleet can be seen in the foregr(...)

Silhouetted against the glare of the atom bomb explosion in the underwater tests in Bikini lagoon, ships of the target fleet can be seen in the foregr(...)

Date7/31/1946
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Original Toronto Star caption: Silhouetted against the glare of the atom bomb explosion in the underwater tests in Bikini lagoon, ships of the target fleet can be seen in the foreground of this official photograph of the test. The flash of light was a thousand times brighter than the sun
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0002546F
      Atomic bomb explodes in underwater test made at bikini
      Atomic bomb explodes in underwater test made at bikini
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/30/1950
      Goat gloats after atom bomb blast, Off Bikini Atoll, July 4 - The 42,000 men of Operations Crossroads prepared today for the next test of atomic power(...)
      Goat gloats after atom bomb blast, Off Bikini Atoll, July 4 - The 42,000 men of Operations Crossroads prepared today for the next test of atomic power(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/4/1946
      Atomic bomb explosion, Bikini Island, 1946
      Atomic bomb explosion, Bikini Island, 1946
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/1/1946
      Fleet of 29 ships wintering in Owen Sound harbor is said a record in any Georgian Bay port for many years
      Fleet of 29 ships wintering in Owen Sound harbor is said a record in any Georgian Bay port for many years
      Dougan, Ken
      12/29/1948
      The admiral back at the helm, Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten swings the handle of an old ship's engine room telegraph to 'full ahead' during hi(...)
      The admiral back at the helm, Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten swings the handle of an old ship's engine room telegraph to 'full ahead' during hi(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      7/11/1967
      Ready for launch: Master model maker John Craig shows off his latest warship - a scale model of HMCS Toronto. The exnavy man provides scale models of ships for the defence department and will soon have a fleet of 13 ready for delivery. Craig says the real HMCS Toronto will be a 'Humdinger' which will make Canadians proud of their navy again.
      Ready for launch: Master model maker John Craig shows off his latest warship - a scale model of HMCS Toronto. The exnavy man provides scale models of ships for the defence department and will soon have a fleet of 13 ready for delivery. Craig says the real HMCS Toronto will be a 'Humdinger' which will make Canadians proud of their navy again.
      Connor, Frank O.
      1/12/1986
      The Atomic Mushroom. The water in the stem-like, Half-mile-wide column, and in the mushroom top is beginning to fall back into Bikini Lagoon less than(...)
      The Atomic Mushroom. The water in the stem-like, Half-mile-wide column, and in the mushroom top is beginning to fall back into Bikini Lagoon less than(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/1/1948
      Brighter than the sun. A mushroom-topped column of smoke and gas, brighter than the sun, rises through a disintegrating vapor cloud over Bikini Lagoon(...)
      Brighter than the sun. A mushroom-topped column of smoke and gas, brighter than the sun, rises through a disintegrating vapor cloud over Bikini Lagoon(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/1/1948
      Sugar mountain, The three masts of the tall ship The Empire Sandy are silhouetted behind tonnes fo raw sugar covered by plastic at Redpath Industries (...)
      Sugar mountain, The three masts of the tall ship The Empire Sandy are silhouetted behind tonnes fo raw sugar covered by plastic at Redpath Industries (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      10/5/1989
      Progress recorded: Dr. Mark Mandelcorn of Mount Sinal tests eyes of Michel Paquet of Timmins, who was blinded in a mining accident. Mandelcorn, who says he has rarely seen such badly damaged eyes, performed the operations that have given Paquet normal vision in one eye.
      Progress recorded: Dr. Mark Mandelcorn of Mount Sinal tests eyes of Michel Paquet of Timmins, who was blinded in a mining accident. Mandelcorn, who says he has rarely seen such badly damaged eyes, performed the operations that have given Paquet normal vision in one eye.
      Lennon, Frank
      4/11/1987
      An Etobicoke man with epilepsy claims the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission is discriminating against him by asking him to take tests before starting a job retraining program
      An Etobicoke man with epilepsy claims the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission is discriminating against him by asking him to take tests before starting a job retraining program
      Russell, Jim
      7/18/1985
      Silhouetted against a Barbadian sunset, John Diefenbaker was working on his memoirs when Boris Spremo of The Star took this prize-winning photo in 1977
      Silhouetted against a Barbadian sunset, John Diefenbaker was working on his memoirs when Boris Spremo of The Star took this prize-winning photo in 1977
      Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979
      1/1/1977