It’s Nuclear Remembrance Day!
Let’s go over the events that took place in the island of Bikini, Marshall Islands that inspired some of the world’s most recognizable and renowned stories and cinematic work, including Spongebob Squarepants, Godzilla and Moby Dick.
[A thread]
Thread on historical photos and videos that you had (probably) never seen 🧵
1. Underwater atomic bomb test by the United States at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1946.
@NatStClair "Mount Fuji is still without snow, making it the latest time in the year the mountain has remained bare since records began 130 years ago."
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🇲🇭 Marshallese Activist Darlene Keju // Vancouver, Canada during the World Council of Churches Assembly in 1983 // #NuclearVictimsRemembranceDay
IF IT IS SAFE, DUMP IT IN TOKYO, TEST IT IN PARIS, STORE IT IN WASHINGTON DC, BUT KEEP MY PACIFIC NUCLEAR FREE // Don’t Ever Whisper
Friends, pls donate/rt if you have something extra this month to bring Kalena's family some comfort in their time of grief 🤍
Iconic in so many ways, she was also the (grand)daughter of THE Tony deBrum, a leader in the Marshallese Anti-Nuclear Movement
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