Interesting point. I assume they chose these atolls because the prevailing winds wouldn't blow any radioactive waste or ash clouds over populated lands. I've

Interesting point. I assume they chose these atolls because the prevailing winds wouldn't blow any radioactive waste or ash clouds over populated lands. I've seen plenty of pre and 'during' photos of the test explosions, but rarely seen ones that are a few minutes after the fact. I wonder just how much fire, smoke and debris was ejected into the atmosphere? I assume not much given the extent of water around the place, but if indeed 23 Skyscrapers worth of matter was moved, you would assume that most of it would have been scattered into the upper atmosphere as fine dust amongst the water vapour etc. I wonder how that affected the weather and climate around the area over the next few days. They must have studied that, but I don't see very much available in terms of their findings.