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beach. A moment later it reached the palmtrees 

 at the edge of the water. Newsreels of this phase 

 of the explosion showed the trees abruptly shaken 

 like dishmops in a giant hand as the shock wave 

 rushed by them. Slightly to the left of the base of 

 the mushroom can be seen the "Arkansas." The 

 "Nevada," if it were visible, would appear slightly 

 to the left of "Arkansas." (See page I 16) 



