File:Explosion of WWII mine in the Baltic Sea in 2014.JPG

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English: A Canadian explosive ordnance disposal team detonates a World War II German naval mine after safely removing it from the wreck of a German minelayer worked by them and U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8. The teams were participating in Open Spirit, a multinational operation that disposes of mines and other ordnance remaining on the seabed from World War I and World War II to reduce the risk to navigation, fishing and to the environment in the Baltic Sea.
Date Taken on 16 May 2014
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Author U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication 1st Class David R. Krigbaum

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