Jack Aeby

Jack Aeby
Aeby in 2003
Born
Jack W. Aeby

(1923-08-16)August 16, 1923
DiedJune 19, 2015(2015-06-19) (aged 91)
OccupationEnvironmental physicist
Notable workTrinity nuclear test color photograph

Jack W. Aeby (/ˈæbi/; August 16, 1923 – June 19, 2015) was an American environmental physicist most famous for having taken the only well-exposed color photograph of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon on July 16, 1945, at the Trinity nuclear test site in New Mexico.[1][2]

  1. ^ "In Memoriam: Jack Aeby". Atomic Heritage Foundation. June 23, 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference KOB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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