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Original – The Shrimp device tested in Operation Castle Bravo
Restored version
Reason
This image depicts the second thermonuclear weapon ever tested and the first "dry" thermonuclear weapon, with dry weapons being the basis of all modern nuclear weapons. It is of great historical significance and provides the viewer with an understanding of the small size of what was a very powerful device. From a scientific and engineering standpoint, the image makes clear the vacuum line of sight pipes attached to the device which where used for device diagnostics during the test, along with other hardware.
Articles in which this image appears
Castle Bravo, Operation Castle. In both cases the image is somewhat overtaken by two other highly iconic images.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Weaponry
Creator
United States Atomic Energy Commission.
Is removing the photo ID normal? Nice work however.Kylesenior (talk) 03:21, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Kylesenior, yes normally we remove such IDs, example [1] [2]. When a text is an integral part of the image then we keep it, examples [3] [4]. In this case I don't have a strong preference either way. If some of you want to keep the government's photo ID, I will upload another restored version with the ID. I added it to the file's description on Commons. Bammesk (talk) 02:53, 27 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Armbrust:, I restored the edits made by User:Tyrone Madera to their original form, diff 1 diff 2. In counting the votes, I see 4.5 support votes for the Original image (by users Kylesenior, Tyrone Madera, Kavyansh.Singh, MER-C, Cwmhiraeth), and I see 5 support votes for the Restored image (by users Bammesk, Kavyansh.Singh, Janke, MER-C, Tyrone Madera). I see sufficient clarity to close this nom. If you have any concerns, please let me know. Thanks. Bammesk (talk) 02:08, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I support the cleaned up version. I'll try to be more clear in future.Kylesenior (talk) 02:10, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
With User:Kylesenior's support, now it's 6 supports for the Restored image. Bammesk (talk) 03:35, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Castle Bravo Shrimp Device 002 - restoration1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:46, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]