File:Exercise Desert Rock I (Buster-Jangle Dog) 001.jpg

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Description	English: Troops of the Battalion Combat Team, U.S. Army 11th Airborne Division, watch a plume of radioactive smoke rise after a D-Day blast at Yucca Flats, as the much prepared Exercise 'Desert Rock I' reaches its peak. This exercise was conducted in conjunction with the Dog shot from Operation Buster-Jangle. Deutsch: Operation Buster - Dog: Insgesamt 2796 Soldaten beobachten im Rahmen des Manövers „Desert Rock I“ die Explosion. Auf dem Bild beobachten Soldaten der U.S. Army 11th Airborne Division die radioaktive Wolke aus knapp 11 Kilometern Entfernung. 8 Minuten nach der Explosion erreichte die Wolke eine Höhe von 14 Kilometern.
Date	1 November 1951
Source	https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/picturing_the_century/images/postwar_078_v121.jpg
Author	Coporal Alexander McCaughey, U.S. Army Photographic Signal Corps
Permission (Reusing this file)	National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (111-SC-389297) [VENDOR # 121]

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:00, 4 January 2009	600 × 738 (58 KB)	Avron	Reverted to version as of 10:57, 6 April 2006, Maybe scanned with higher resolution, but worser quality
	00:04, 4 June 2008	2,548 × 3,000 (993 KB)	Fastfission~commonswiki	higher resolution
	10:57, 6 April 2006	600 × 738 (58 KB)	Liftarn	;Description :<small>from NARA</small> :'''"'Exercise Desert Rock.' Troops of the Battalion Combat Team, U.S. Army 11th Airborne Division, watch a plume of radio-active smoke rise after a D-Day blast at Yucca Flats, as the much prepared Exercise 'Desert R