Chemical Warfare Service at the Research Division conducted pyrotechnic research, specifically focusing on gas shells. This particular photograph shows a gas shell partially buried underground, containing chloropicrin and stannic-chloride. The image was captured two seconds after the explosion. The photo was received from the Chemical Warfare Service on July 12, 1918.

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