Nevada Ghosts: Rare Photos From an A-Bomb Test

I was at Yahoo to check my email and this was on the headline ticker thing they have.
It is interesting to say the least.

"........In the spring of 1955, as the Cold War intensified and the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union escalated at a shocking pace, America — as it had many times before — detonated an atomic weapon in the Nevada desert. The test was not especially noteworthy. The weapon’s “yield” was not dramatically larger or smaller than that of previous A-bombs; the brighter-than-the-sun flash of light, the mushroom cloud and the staggering power unleashed by the weapon were all byproducts familiar to anyone who had either witnessed or paid attention to coverage of earlier tests......."

There are 21 photos at the link. 

They speak volumes and I cannot add any comment worth any salt at all.

Read more: http://life.time.com/history/atomic-testing-photos-life-magazine/#ixzz1vwtXQfhn