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             English: Famous colour photograph of the " Trinity" shot, the first  nuclear test explosion. 
            Français : Célèbre photographie en couleur de l' essai Trinity, le premier  essai nucléaire. 
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           16 July 1945 | 
          
          
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            Jack W. Aeby, July 16, 1945, as a member of the Special Engineering Detachment at Los Alamos laboratory, working under the aegis of the  Manhattan Project. | 
          
         
         
        
         
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             33° 40′ 39.24″ N, 106° 28′ 31.96″ W 
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