[OPERATION GREENHOUSE - DOG TEST]. Photograph of VIP observers lit up by the light of an atomic bomb on Enewetak Atoll 1951 (but printed 2009).

11 x 14 in. black and white print on Harman fiber paper. Matted and framed (not examined out of frame, overall dimensions 18 1/2 x 20 3/4" ).

The Operation Greenhouse nuclear tests were the fifth series of nuclear tests conducted by the United States and the first to test the principles which would lead to the development of thermonuclear weapons. The Dog explosion took place on April 7, 1951, and is best remembered for this iconic photograph of VIPs wearing safety goggles seated in Adirondack chairs and illuminated by the flash of the explosion.

[With]: A collection of 15 photographs relating to various nuclear tests, including those conducted at Bikini Atoll, c. 1940s/50s. Various sizes, most 8 x 10 in., color and gelatin silver print photographs (some bends, creases, teletype notations).