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Harold Edgerton
Atomic Bomb Explosion Before 19521952, printed later

Not on view
High-contrast black and white photograph of a large, lobed spherical explosion cloud rising from a slender lattice metal tower against a black background
Artist or Maker
Harold Edgerton
Title
Atomic Bomb Explosion Before 1952
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1952, printed later
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 18 1/16 × 14 5/16 in. (45.88 × 36.35 cm) Primary support: 19 15/16 × 16 in. (50.64 × 40.64 cm) Mat: 26 × 22 in. (66.04 × 55.88 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation
Accession Number
AC1996.119.42
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.