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The fireball from the nearly 14-kiloton Seminole test at Enewetak Atoll in 1956 reveals an emerging mushroom cloud.

A mushroom cloud rises from Ivy Mike in 1952, one of the largest nuclear blasts ever conducted. It destroyed the small island of Elugelab and was “very dirty in terms of fallout content,” says nuclear historian Alex Wellerstein.

An observation deck overlooks the 1962 Sedan test’s massive hole—the largest manmade crater in the U.S. The explosion at the Nevada Test Site displaced more than 12 million tons of earth.

Annie incinerates a house at the site.