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![[Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjgvbXVzaHJvb20tY2xvdWQtd2l0aC1zaGlwcy1iZWxvdy1kdXJpbmctb3BlcmF0aW9uLWNyb3Nzcm9hZHMtbnVjbGVhci13ZWFwb25zLTg1MmVkYy02NDAuanBn/40/53/webp "[Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll]")
![[After the volcanic eruption of Mount Pelée, Martinique, 1902: Grand Rue Victor Hugo...St. Pierre]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDIvMDEvMDEvYWZ0ZXItdGhlLXZvbGNhbmljLWVydXB0aW9uLW9mLW1vdW50LXBlbGVlLW1hcnRpbmlxdWUtMTkwMi1ncmFuZC1ydWUtdmljdG9yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/42/webp "[After the volcanic eruption of Mount Pelée, Martinique, 1902: Grand Rue Victor Hugo...St. Pierre]")
![[Martinique - Saint-Pierre - "A terrible volcanic explosion, Mount Pelee in eruption - May 1902]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDIvMDEvMDEvbWFydGluaXF1ZS1zYWludC1waWVycmUtYS10ZXJyaWJsZS12b2xjYW5pYy1leHBsb3Npb24tbW91bnQtcGVsZWUtaW4tZXJ1cHRpb24tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/45/webp "[Martinique - Saint-Pierre - \"A terrible volcanic explosion, Mount Pelee in eruption - May 1902]")
![[Scenes of St. Pierre, Martinique, before the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelee]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDIvMDEvMDEvc2NlbmVzLW9mLXN0LXBpZXJyZS1tYXJ0aW5pcXVlLWJlZm9yZS10aGUtMTkwMi1lcnVwdGlvbi1vZi1tb3VudC1wZWxlZS0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/54/webp "[Scenes of St. Pierre, Martinique, before the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelee]")
![[Scenes of St. Pierre, Martinique, before the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelee]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDIvMDEvMDEvc2NlbmVzLW9mLXN0LXBpZXJyZS1tYXJ0aW5pcXVlLWJlZm9yZS10aGUtMTkwMi1lcnVwdGlvbi1vZi1tb3VudC1wZWxlZS0yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Scenes of St. Pierre, Martinique, before the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelee]")
![[Martinique - St. Pierre - volcanic eruption, 1902] St. Pierre, looking north [across scene of devastation] Mt. Pelee in distance](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDIvMDEvMDEvbWFydGluaXF1ZS1zdC1waWVycmUtdm9sY2FuaWMtZXJ1cHRpb24tMTkwMi1zdC1waWVycmUtbG9va2luZy1ub3J0aC1hY3Jvc3MtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/44/webp "[Martinique - St. Pierre - volcanic eruption, 1902] St. Pierre, looking north [across scene of devastation] Mt. Pelee in distance")
