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Sand Was Crystallized like this near the centre of the atomic bomb test grounds near Alamogordo, New Mexico, when the world's most destructive force w(...)

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Sand Was Crystallized like this near the centre of the atomic bomb test grounds near Alamogordo, New Mexico, when the world's most destructive force w(...)

Date9/11/1945

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Sand Was Crystallized like this near the centre of the atomic bomb test grounds near Alamogordo, New Mexico, when the world's most destructive force was released in final trial before turning it on Japan. A steel tower was vaporized

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