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Dark Object in white chimney of water, Baker Shot, Operation Crossroads 1946

I am trying to identify it. The following quote suggests it was the Arkansas:

From http://www.atomicforum.org/usa/operations/crossroads/crossroads.html "Another aircraft observer reported seeing a major ship 'on [its] nose' before it sank and saw a water wave pass over one of the small islands between Bikini and Eneu islands about 2 minutes after the detonation. When the air over the fleet cleared, Arkansas, LSM-60, and four LCTs were not in sight. Saratoga was listing to starboard and her stern was low."

The 1946 watercolor by Grant Powers at http://www.history.navy.mil/ac/bikini/bikini4.htm (fourth picture down in the list) seems to identify the tossed ship as the Arkansas.

However, its rectangular shape suggests an aircraft carrier.

Here are videos from different angles: http://www.atomicforum.org/usa/operations/crossroads/baker_v.html

Do you have any solid evidence on the answer?

Please respond on my talk page. Thanks

HowardMorland (talk) 15:23, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No clue, sorry! --Fastfission (talk) 14:43, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at the video, what I'm most missing now is that somewhere I used to have a map of the ships anchorage points, but I can't find it right now.

If that's in fact a ship upended like that, I have a hard time believing that it didn't sink immediately after. The Saratoga was afloat for a while after the test. Ships are strong in some ways, but the amount of energy required to lift one up on its bow like that, and the resultant impacts as it comes back down to "sea level" after the blast, are likely to blow most of the hull plates open and sink it pretty much immediately, and break her back on top of that. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 02:46, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Khan cover - Time magazine.jpg listed for deletion

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Display_of_.gif_images_in_Wikipedia_articles

Do you have any thoughts about the discussion at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#Display_of_.gif_images_in_Wikipedia_articles? HowardMorland (talk) 13:54, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your Fission_bomb_assembly_methods image is a candidate for FPC status!

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I have put up your image Image:Fission_bomb_assembly_methods.svg as a candidate for Featured Picture status. The nomination page is at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Fission bomb assembly methods if you are interested in checking it out. Cat-five - talk 01:50, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Fission bomb assembly methods

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Wrong atomic test name (I guess)

Hi there, this is Vomitron from the (RIP) Atomic Forum. About this photo: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Buster-Jangle_shot_with_personnel.jpg Actually I think it is Teapot MET, at least Nuclear Weapon Archive puts it this way (and watching the footage of Operation Teapot it seems that NWA.org this time is right ;-)

Hope it will help

Goodbye! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.2.33.203 (talk) 13:37, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image of Charles Darwin as a monkey on La Petite Lune.

Hi,

I am working on a BBC documentary about Charles Darwin and I have come across the image of Charles Darwin as a monkey from the French magazine La Petite Lune. My producer is keen on using the image in his programme, but the image on the wiki is not good enough resolution. I was hoping that you would know where I could get a better quality image, since you uploaded the original image! Do you think you could help me with this?

Thanks

Will Abbott william.abbott@bbc.co.uk —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.185.144.120 (talk) 16:50, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

durable mistake

Hi -- congratulations -- you managed to sneak a mistake into Wikipedia that survived for four years! ;-) I've never seen any error last that long. In this edit, you replaced "refrain" by "restrain" where "refrain" was correct, and it's been there ever since. Joriki (talk) 17:11, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Season's Greetings

Wishing you the very best for the season. Guettarda (talk) 19:21, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with File:Ahmadinejad at Natanz.jpg

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FYI I have fixed the image in question - it's got the promotional non-free fair use copyright tag on it properly now. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 05:47, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

it's too bad you do not archive any longer! you've made some good changes on here, and i've come across your nominated picture in the past!

But in any case thank you for your contributions! and have a happy new year!

72.204.92.107 (talk) 16:54, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Big Science

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AfD nomination of Big Science

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