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UPPER. The Test B column, containing two million tons of water, rises 

 in wroth. It towers above the ex-Japanese battleship NAGATO and 

 a large floating drydock. LOWER. Seconds later the great column 

 thunders back into the lagoon, unleashing the billowing base surge, 

 500-ft.-high wall of spray and mist. 



Plate 27 



