The site of the
4th largest
nuclear device tested by the [United States[ with a
yield of 10.4
Mt. A
surface blast, it was conducted on Elugelab ("Flora")
Island in the
Atoll.
At 19:14:59.4 31
October 1952 (boy, did these guys have a good
watch!), the
thermonuclear explosion code-named "
Mike" demonstrated the release of
energy from nuclear
fusion. The island of Elugelab was completely
vaporized, although it is only a
myth that the resulting
crater was deeper than the height of the
Empire State Building and large enough to house several
Pentagons. The crater was in fact 6240
ft across and 164 ft deep (still pretty big by anyone's reckoning).