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What happened when the Trinity test bomb detonated, from the creation of green glass to fallout that drifted over 1,000 miles

At approximately 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945, the world's first atomic bomb exploded in the New Mexican desert. It was bright, hot, and loud. Scientists and military personnel crouched nearby in ...
WWSB Tampa on MSN

MOMENT OF SICENCE: Nuclear testing’s lasting impact on steel production

The 4 to 7 percent increase in background radiation poses problems for sensitive scientific instruments. Geiger counters, ...
El Paso Times

White Sands Missile Range: Capturing Trinity Site Test on camera

Three observation bunkers were established 10,000 yards from ground zero for the Trinity Site Test. Key leaders, including Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, observed from ...
The Gazette

What you can do about nuclear weapons- 80 years after Trinity blast

FILE - The first U.S. atom bomb explodes during a test in Alamogordo, N.M., July 16, 1945. The cloud went 40,000 feet in the air, as viewed by an automatic camera six miles away from the site. (AP ...
Boston Herald

Trump’s comments on nuclear testing upend decades of US policy. Here’s what to know about it

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump’s comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends decades of American policy in regards to ...