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Atomic Bomb Test In Nevada
Scorched & disheveled male mannequin clad in dark business suit standing in the desert w. lady mannequin in bkgrd., 7000 ft. from the 44th nuclear test explosion, a day after the blast, indicating that humans could be burnt but still alive.

Location: Yucca Flat, NV, US
Date taken: May 1955
Photographer: Loomis Dean
Size: 1280 x 1280 pixels (17.8 x 17.8 inches)


(Google's archive of LIFE Magazine pictures is already amazing in its scope and the archival process is far from finished.)

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Thanks! I wasted many hours of my childhood trying to beat dreaded Level 9.