Priscilla (? - or maybe Grable)

Priscilla, 24 Jun 1957, 40 kilotons yield. Another in the Operation Plumbbob series. However, although this picture was identified as Priscilla by the AEC, it actually looks to be Grable. Apparently the Priscilla pictures have been misidentified for years--see www.radiochemistry.org/history/nuke_tests/plumbbob/index....

Scanned from an official AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) photo that had been cleared for public release, and so is in the public domain.

As with Hood, I would have seen this as a small child, watching with my mom and kid sister from the Spring Mountains about 30 miles away. Of course, you can't watch the initial detonation without heavy-duty eye protection, but you can certainly watch the fireball afterward.