English: Contamination of Bikini Lagoon by the Baker shot of Operation Crossroads, Bikini Atoll, July 25, 1946. A radioactive puffy surgeon fish takes its own x-ray (fish was placed on photographic film overnight). Brightest area is the stomach filled with fresh algae. The rest of the body has absorbed and distributed enough fission product radioactivity to make the entire fish radioactive. The fish was alive and apparently healthy when caught. Polski: Radioaktywno atolu Bikini w wyniku Operacji Crossroads. To zdjcie to obraz który pozosta na kliszy fotograficznej na której leaa przez noc radi

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English: Contamination of Bikini Lagoon by the Baker shot of Operation Crossroads, Bikini Atoll, July 25, 1946. A radioactive puffy surgeon fish takes its own x-ray (fish was placed on photographic film overnight). Brightest area is the stomach filled with fresh algae. The rest of the body has absorbed and distributed enough fission product radioactivity to make the entire fish radioactive. The fish was alive and apparently healthy when caught. Polski: Radioaktywno atolu Bikini w wyniku Operacji Crossroads. To zdjcie to obraz który pozosta na kliszy fotograficznej na której leaa przez noc radioaktywna ryba. Jada ona radioaktywne algi, w wyniku czego promieniotwórcze pierwiastki wnikny do organizmu. Najjaniejsza plama to odek wypeniony radioaktywnym poywieniem. Ryba bya ywa i zdrowa w momencie zapania. 1946 10 Crossroads Radioactive Puffy Surgeon Fish