Jack Aeby

The center area of Aeby's color picture of the "Trinity" explosion.

Jack W. Aeby (born 1923) is an engineer most famous for having taken the only well-exposed color photograph of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon on July 16, 1945 at White Sands, New Mexico. While color motion pictures of the "Trinity" shot were made, most were badly overexposed or damaged due to the fireball's tendency to blister and solarize the film. Aeby was a civilian assigned to the Health Physics Group with Emilio Segrè at the time his snapshot was taken.

References

• Jeffrey, Ian et al (1997). The Photography Book. London:Phaidon Press Limited. ISBN 0-7148-4488-8

See also

• Berlyn Brixner – official Trinity test photographer

External links

• Article featuring Aeby talking about his photograph
• DOE page about Aeby's photograph