Nuclear Blast Explosion -- Civil Defense Test
Nevada Test Site
Frame (1) through (8)
The house in the photos below was located 3,500 feet from ground zero. The nuclear blast the completely destroyed the house was conducted on March 17, 1953 at the Nevada Tests Site -- Yucca Flat. The photographs are clips from film made by a 35mm. Mitchell camera located 60 feet from the house. Shooting 24 frames per second, the time from the first to last picture was 2 1/3 seconds. The camera was completely enclosed in a 2 inch lead sheath as a protection against radiation. The only source of light was that from the bomb.
Photographs were made by Edgerton,, Germeahausen and Grier,, Inc. (EG&G) for the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) -- now DOE.
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