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It all began after the nuclear win of WWII.
The original name of the atoll was Pikkini Atoll, "Pik" meaning "surface", and "ni" meaning coconut, or the surface of a coconut. When Americans arrived to the atoll, the name quickly evolved into Bikini, due to it being easier to pronounce.
In December of 1945, President Truman issued a directive to Army and Navy officials that testing of nuclear weapons would be necessary "to determine the effect of atomic bombs on American warships."
Picture of copra drying. Copra refers to dried portions of the inner 'meat' of a coconut.
In July, the Bikinian leader Juda returned to the atoll to view the results of the second nuclear test. Juda returned to to Rongerik and claimed to his people that the island was intact, the trees were the same, and that everything there looked exactly the same. It is unknown as to why exactly he did this.
Able was a plutonium bomb that exploded in the air over 80 unmanned target vessels on July 1, 1946.
Baker was detonated underwater, it managed to displace a lot of water that then damaged 74 unmanned ships. It released a radioactive mist that threatened to harm U.S. personnel working to decontaminate the area.
https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/putting-the-nuclear-coffin-in-perspective/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_Atoll
https://www.bikiniatoll.com/history.html
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/83237/revisiting-bikini-atoll
https://www.bikiniatoll.info/nuclear-testing-at-bikini-atoll/
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1339/