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Atomic Bomb Explosion by Harold Edgerton — VisualArtsDB

Atomic Bomb Explosion

Atomic Bomb Explosion

Harold Edgerton

1952

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 46 x 36.4 cm (18 1/8 x 14 5/16 in.) sheet: 50.5 x 40.5 cm (19 7/8 x 15 15/16 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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