Beautiful sights

Beautiful sights
Horses at blue water Lake state park

Thursday, May 22, 2014

History that changed the world

Trinity site
I was camped in the dark area on the right lower part of the photo, this being the malpais or lava lands of Central New Mexico.  Just a few miles away below the red arrow is the historic site of the world's first atomic explosion, on July 16 1995.  It is called the "Trinity Site".  This site is open to the public two days each year, once in April, and once in October.




Since I could not get in to see this site, I looked on Google earth and got these photos.
Three weeks after this test was done here in New Mexico, the bombs were dropped in Japan!

I had always heard that radiation never dies or weakens so I was surprised but pleased the see that this area of desert does not have a "scorched earth" look, but  the shrubs, grasses and trees are growing as profusely here as they are growing in other desert areas.

4 comments:

  1. I bet there's still radiation there though.

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    1. I agree with you! However, I was unable to find any records of the current radiation levels so I am just guessing, also.

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  2. Yeah and what do those shrubs and trees look like? Perhaps oddly mutated?

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    1. I expected them to be shrunken and shriveled and etc, but as far as the eye could see they looked just like everything else for hundreds of miles!

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