Terrifying History on Instagram: "The Baker test, conducted on July 25, 1946, was the second detonation in Operation Crossroads, a series of nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll. Unlike the first test (Able), which was an airburst, Baker was detonated 27 meters underwater beneath a fleet of decommissioned warships to study the effects of a nuclear explosion on naval vessels. The explosion created a massive hydraulic shockwave, a towering radioactive water column, and a highly contaminated mist that coa