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Grable Event

File:Nuclear artillery test Grable Event - Part of Operation Upshot-Knothole.jpg

Original - The Grable Event, part of Operation Upshot-Knothole, was a test of a 15-kiloton atomic artillery shell fired from a 280-mm cannon on May 25, 1953 at the Nevada Proving Grounds.

File:Upshot-Knothole GRABLE.jpg

Alternative also in use on en.wiki - The Grable Event, part of Operation Upshot-Knothole, was a test of a 15-kiloton atomic artillery shell fired from a 280-mm cannon on May 25, 1953 at the Nevada Proving Grounds.

Reason

This is a great and sadly overlooked image of early nuclear testing with artillery cannons; although the image quality is somewhat low, this would be a hard subject of which to find a better picture.

Articles this image appears in

Artillery, M65 Atomic Cannon

Creator

Wikifreund (no user page)

• Support as nominator --The Last Melon (talk) 07:18, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose This is an iconic image, but there must be a better version out there somewhere. This is too small, unsharp, it has dust spots, and the colors and contrast have been severely degraded. --Janke | Talk 09:20, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
• Comment previous nomination Thisglad (talk) 09:39, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose Janke, as usual, sums up my opinion. Spencer^T♦C 22:03, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
• Reluctant oppose, yeah per quality concerns. M.K. (talk) 11:39, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose, but I'd have to reconsider if we could fine the higher res without the tight crop. gren グレン 10:09, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 07:18, 17 November 2008 (UTC)