Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; "Photograph included in the exhibits: ""Extra! More local news" and “Edited for Publication: Photographic Manipulations in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner”" An A-bomb blast set off in Nevada at 4:36 a.m., on April 18, 1953, was judged by early risers to have been the most sensational of any seen so far. The blast made the eastern horizon as "bright as day."
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