Teapot 'Zucchini' atom bomb test, 1953
Teapot 'Zucchini' atom bomb test, 1953. Fireball and rising mushroom cloud following the detonation of an atomic bomb during testing by the US Army. This nuclear weapons test took place on 15 May 1955, at the Nevada Test Site, USA. Codenamed Zucchini, it was the 14th test in the Operation Teapot series. It was detonated on a tower, and had a yield of 28 kilotons.