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were as bright as day. I saw this tremendous ball of fire, and it was rising. I was just spellbound! I followed it as it rose. Then it dawned on me. I'm the photographer! I've gotta get that ball of fire." He jogged the camera up. He said: "There was no sound! It all took place in absolute silence."
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The camera that "stops" an atom bomb explosion has been speeded up to take pictures at the rate of 15,000,000 a second. It used to take only 3,500,000. ... The original, known as Model 6, was turned out by Berlyn
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