![Waves from the "Baker" atomic test reaching the beach at Bikini Atoll. The maximum wave height at the shore was about seven feet, from "The Effects of Atomic Weapons." Photograph of image Waves from the "Baker" atomic test reaching the beach at Bikini Atoll. The maximum wave height at the shore was about seven feet, from "The Effects of Atomic Weapons." Photograph of image](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/2014/12/31/waves-from-the-baker-atomic-test-reaching-the-beach-at-bikini-atoll-the-maximum-454b3b-1024.jpg)
Waves from the "Baker" atomic test reaching the beach at Bikini Atoll. The maximum wave height at the shore was about seven feet, from "The Effects of Atomic Weapons." Photograph of image
![Operation Crossroads, Test Baker as seen from Bikini Atoll, July 25, 1946 - Donaldson (Lauren R) Collection of South Pacific Radiological Surveys, 1946-1964 - University of Washington Digital Collections Operation Crossroads, Test Baker as seen from Bikini Atoll, July 25, 1946 - Donaldson (Lauren R) Collection of South Pacific Radiological Surveys, 1946-1964 - University of Washington Digital Collections](https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/iiif/donaldson/94/full/full/0/default.jpg)
Operation Crossroads, Test Baker as seen from Bikini Atoll, July 25, 1946 - Donaldson (Lauren R) Collection of South Pacific Radiological Surveys, 1946-1964 - University of Washington Digital Collections
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USS Independence was blown up alongside 77 other ships as part of atomic tests at Bikini Atoll | Daily Mail Online
![MHS Collections Online: Second Bikini Atoll atomic bomb test [1 second after detonation], 25 July 1946 MHS Collections Online: Second Bikini Atoll atomic bomb test [1 second after detonation], 25 July 1946](http://www.masshist.org//database/images11/5621_bikini_1_sec_work_ref.jpg)
MHS Collections Online: Second Bikini Atoll atomic bomb test [1 second after detonation], 25 July 1946
![Nuclear battlefield' revealed as scientists map Bikini Atoll test craters and sunken warships | Fox News Nuclear battlefield' revealed as scientists map Bikini Atoll test craters and sunken warships | Fox News](https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2018/09/nucleartest.jpg)