![Quite odd': coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll 70 years after nuclear tests | Marshall Islands | The Guardian Quite odd': coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll 70 years after nuclear tests | Marshall Islands | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6c22d14ad8fbff4a29394d51d3b14d69731528df/0_389_4608_2765/master/4608.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=7aca46c27080bc1312a7bc5692612c5f)
Quite odd': coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll 70 years after nuclear tests | Marshall Islands | The Guardian
![TIL that the bikini is named after Bikini Atoll, a nuclear weapons testing site, because the creator thought it would provoke in onlookers a similar reaction to gazing at an atomic bomb : TIL that the bikini is named after Bikini Atoll, a nuclear weapons testing site, because the creator thought it would provoke in onlookers a similar reaction to gazing at an atomic bomb :](https://preview.redd.it/0a4vw2a0nw381.jpg?auto=webp&s=084eda2c71e022af804e1d72c74f1968f87a96e5)
TIL that the bikini is named after Bikini Atoll, a nuclear weapons testing site, because the creator thought it would provoke in onlookers a similar reaction to gazing at an atomic bomb :
![Bikini Atoll nuclear test: 60 years later and islands still unliveable | Marshall Islands | The Guardian Bikini Atoll nuclear test: 60 years later and islands still unliveable | Marshall Islands | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/3/2/1393731488713/243e4358-5b35-402b-9b9b-879fb49b1105-2060x1236.jpeg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=01774c90540c04eb8556887aa832666b)
Bikini Atoll nuclear test: 60 years later and islands still unliveable | Marshall Islands | The Guardian
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![Bikini Atoll is STILL uninhabitable: Radiation on island exceeds safety standards nearly 60 years after nuclear tests | Daily Mail Online Bikini Atoll is STILL uninhabitable: Radiation on island exceeds safety standards nearly 60 years after nuclear tests | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/06/08/00/3509047800000578-0-image-a-12_1465340949804.jpg)
Bikini Atoll is STILL uninhabitable: Radiation on island exceeds safety standards nearly 60 years after nuclear tests | Daily Mail Online
![Quite odd': coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll 70 years after nuclear tests | Marshall Islands | The Guardian Quite odd': coral and fish thrive on Bikini Atoll 70 years after nuclear tests | Marshall Islands | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/768f539dfcbad1169de4a37c6494551361dc599c/0_0_4608_2765/master/4608.jpg?width=445&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=83444ab6b5c6c93236ef56711b82e34c)