5 Men Stand Under An Exploding Nuke of the Day

July 19, 1957, the heart of the Cold War. 1 test atomic warhead, detonated 18,500 feet above ground. 5 Air Force officers and 1 photographer, who volunteered to stand underneath it to demonstrate the relative safety of a low-grade nuclear exchange in the atmosphere. As NPR's Robert Krulwich writes: "You have to see this to believe it." [krulwichwonders]