When We Tested Nuclear Bombs:

Since the first nuclear explosion in 1945, nearly 2,000 nuclear tests have been performed, with the majority taking place during the 1960s and 1970s.  Nearly 1000 of these were at the Nevada Test Site in the desert outside Las Vegas.  When the technology was new, tests were frequent and often spectacular, and led to the development of newer, more deadly weapons.  All sorts of tests were conducted; to animals, to houses, bridges, clothing and shelters.  These mushroom clouds and craters became a tourist attraction.  They were banned in 1963, giving way to underground testing, which involved lowering a massive nuclear device several hundred feet underground, rattling the bones of the earth and producing craters, “sink depressions,” across the barren landscape as big as 1,500 feet in diameter.
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December 27, 2013 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Atomic Bombs, Nuclear Testing Photographs | 1 Comment