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English: Famous color photograph of the "Trinity" shot, the first nuclear test explosion.
Français : Célèbre photographie en couleur de l'essai Trinity, le premier essai nucléaire.
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Author Jack W. Aeby, July 16, 1945, Civilian worker at Los Alamos laboratory, working under the aegis of the Manhattan Project.
Camera location33° 40′ 39.24″ N, 106° 28′ 31.96″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Captions

The Trinity shot, the first nuclear test explosion

inception

16 July 1945

coordinates of the point of view

33°40'39.245"N, 106°28'31.958"W

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current20:21, 18 August 2024Thumbnail for version as of 20:21, 18 August 20242,426 × 2,790 (5.89 MB)NuclearSecretshigher resolution of the image which preserves the ratio and color grading of the original, derived from a high-res LANL scan
19:20, 30 October 2014Thumbnail for version as of 19:20, 30 October 2014987 × 1,135 (364 KB)Hawkeye7Restored the good version of the image
21:42, 25 October 2014Thumbnail for version as of 21:42, 25 October 20142,100 × 1,585 (1.18 MB)Wiki-asd-97This digital restoration is from the original photo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TrinityColorLarge.jpg . The photo that was here before was scanned from an magazine.
19:19, 25 October 2014Thumbnail for version as of 19:19, 25 October 2014987 × 1,135 (364 KB)DennissReverted to version as of 22:03, 22 June 2011 - does not look like the same image, also quality seems worse
18:17, 25 October 2014Thumbnail for version as of 18:17, 25 October 20142,100 × 1,585 (1.18 MB)Wiki-asd-97Digital restoration Corrected parameters : Perspective, Rotation, Empty Borders, JPEG Artifacts, Colour Temperature, Levels, RGB Curves, Other Artifacts/Dirt. Done in GIMP and paint.NET, Saved as 100% Quality.
22:03, 22 June 2011Thumbnail for version as of 22:03, 22 June 2011987 × 1,135 (364 KB)LiandreiHigher quality version, showing the whole of the original photo by Jack Aeby
23:42, 14 May 2005Thumbnail for version as of 23:42, 14 May 20051,180 × 1,474 (163 KB)Fastfission~commonswikiFamous color photograph of the "Trinity" shot, the first nuclear test explosion. Photograph by Jack Aeby, July 16, 1945, as a member of the Special Engineering Detachment at Los Alamos laboratory,

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