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Big bang - the snaps cover Britain's attempt's to create a hydrogen bomb in the late 1950's.
A British scientist's incredibly rare photos of the controversial nuclear tests of the Cold War have come to light following his recent death.
Stan Bowyer, a D-Day veteran who went on to work at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston, took his own snaps during the testing in the Indian Ocean in the late 1950s.
His black and white pictures include one taken at ground level of a huge explosion from a thermonuclear blast in the distance.
They also contain images of leading nuclear scientists Edward Teller, the American physicist who helped create the world's first hydrogen bomb.
Pic: SpecialAuctionServices/BNPS
Big bang - the snaps cover Britain's attempt's to create a hydrogen bomb in the late 1950's.
A British scientist's incredibly rare photos of the controversial nuclear tests of the Cold War have come to light following his recent death.
Stan Bowyer, a D-Day veteran who went on to work at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston, took his own snaps during the testing in the Indian Ocean in the late 1950s.
His black and white pictures include one taken at ground level of a huge explosion from a thermonuclear blast in the distance.
They also contain images of leading nuclear scientists Edward Teller, the American physicist who helped create the world's first hydrogen bomb.
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