#A blimp destroyed by the shockwave of a nuclear blast, Nevada, 1957.

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2- Chaplain John H. Craven, Regimental Chaplain, 14th Marines poses with Army soldiers of the 476th Amphibious Truck Company off Iwo Jima after performing baptisms, 1945. See more images: http://cmore.pics/flb2R

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3- SOMME OFFENSIVE WESTERN FRONT 1916 (Q 4629) A 6 inch Mark 7 Field Gun being hauled by a Holt tractor through Trones Wood, December 1916. Check out for more: http://cmore.pics/0CK86

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4- The first teacher training college in Sumatra, 1856. See more photos here: http://cmore.pics/uxBsd

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5- River traffic gathers to witness the opening of Tower Bridge on June 30, 1894. More photos: http://cmore.pics/DLLP5

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6- Chicago, 1956

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7- 1945- Little George, rooster mascot of submarine U.S.S. SKATE, stands on the shoulder of sailor as he prepares to sound reveille over the sub's speaker system. See more: http://cmore.pics/unPs3

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8- Madonna 1976 at the University of Michigan. See more pictures: http://cmore.pics/gxUcq

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9- Audrey Hepburn posing with a drooling cow & managing to look absolutely radiant, adorable, beautiful

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10- Norma Jean (aka Marilyn Monroe), Los Angeles, 1944. See more images: http://cmore.pics/7FKoU

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Woow nice collection!

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That opening shot of the downed blimp with a mushroom cloud in the background as people are actually examining the blimp is amazing.

Apparently, in 1957, we were still concentrating on the power of the blast and not the radiation we were producing.