"Operation Teapot" -- The first shot of "Operation Teapot", the Spring 1955 Series of nuclear tests at Nevada Test Site, looked like this shortly after detonation at noon today. The nuclear cloud is forming from the fireball while the stem is sucked up toward the cloud. February 18, 1955. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

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Caption: "Operation Teapot" -- The first shot of "Operation Teapot", the Spring 1955 Series of nuclear tests at Nevada Test Site, looked like this shortly after detonation at noon today. The nuclear cloud is forming from the fireball while the stem is sucked up toward the cloud. February 18, 1955. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

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