pet peeve - pick one:

"How the Atomic Tests Looked from Los Angeles"

or

"What the Atomic Tests Looked Like from Los Angeles"

just don't mash them together like this.

These are neat images, but it's hard to tell how they differ from long exposures taken without any illumination by atomic blast. I've taken long exposures at night that look very similar.

Nevada tests, done north of Las Vegas, were all pretty small, and they produced flashes visible from LA. Imagine a big one.

>Casinos, hotels and inns flaunted their north-facing vistas, offering special “atomic cocktails” and “Dawn Bomb Parties.”

What a time...

>There are also pictures of people enjoying the spectacle that demonstrate the morbid fascination that many Americans had with nuclear weapons at the time.

Was this written with ai? No person in any time period wouldn't be interested. Big explosions are never boring.