Operation Ivy, Mike cloud, aerial view; The picture shows an mushroom cloud of the Mike shot. This aerial photography was taken on of of the two C-47s which were used during the mission to document the explosion. These planes featured the codenames SS-1 (saltshaker one) and SS-2 (saltshaker two). Most of the photographic material taken during the mission was unusable due to different technical issues. The handheld Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic cameras shot one image each image minute starting with 07:15 local time. The Test Servive Unit Photo Element was assigned to Project Cloud phe
Operation Ivy, Mike cloud, aerial view; The picture shows an mushroom cloud of the Mike shot. This aerial photography was taken on of of the two C-47s which were used during the mission to document the explosion. These planes featured the codenames SS-1 (saltshaker one) and SS-2 (saltshaker two). Most of the photographic material taken during the mission was unusable due to different technical issues. The handheld Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic cameras shot one image each image minute starting with 07:15 local time. The Test Servive Unit Photo Element was assigned to Project Cloud phenomenon - one of Operation Ivy's tactical goals to document the cloud development after the explosion. The mushroom cloud on the image is about 3 miles in diameter and 80,000 ft in height. Due to focal length of the lenses and the increasing size of the cloud, any pictures taken after M+10min could no longer display the whole mushroom.
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