Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

Hydrogen Bomb, 1946

This photo captured the aftermath of a hydrogen bomb detonated at the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Between 1946 and 1958, 23 other nuclear devices were tested by the United States at Bikini Atoll. The U.S. was engaged in a Cold War nuclear arms race with the U.S.S.R. to build more advanced bombs from 1947 to 1991.

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