Bikini Atoll

BIKINI ATOLL, Marshall Islands - Aerial photo shows Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands on Aug. 27, 2011. The cove-like, darker-color sea area (Center R) is where the crater, created by the 1954 detonation of a hydrogen bomb by the United States, is located, with coral reefs deeply gouged.

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