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Black and white photo of a man in a desert dropping papers, with a distant mushroom cloud from a nuclear test.

Black and white photo of a man in a desert dropping papers, with a distant mushroom cloud from a nuclear test.

A historical, realistic black and white photo from July 1945. The Italian physicist Enrico Fermi stands in the New Mexico desert. He is looking into the distance with a focused expression. He is dropping small scraps of paper from his hand at head height. In the far background, a faint flash of light and a rising mushroom cloud from the Trinity nuclear test are visible on the horizon. The focus is on the falling pieces of paper blowing sideways in the wind. 1940s photography style, high detail. At night. See more