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[OPERATION REDWING - DAKOTA TEST]. Photograph from atomic test at Bikini Atoll June 25, 1956 (printed 2009).
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[OPERATION REDWING - DAKOTA TEST]. Photograph from atomic test at Bikini Atoll June 25, 1956 (but printed 2009).
20 x 24 in. color print on Harman fiber paper.
The Operation Redwing nuclear tests were conducted from 4 May-21 July 1956. Each test was named after an Indigenous American tribe, with the series being the second conducted to prove new thermonuclear weapon designs. The Dakota test marked the first detonation of the series.