Five Men Agree To Stand Directly Under An Exploding Nuclear Bomb - NPR
Jul 17, 2012 · On July 19, 1957, five Air Force officers and one photographer stood together on a patch of ground about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. They'd marked the spot "Ground Zero. Population 5" on...
Trinity Site - White Sands National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
On July 16, 1945, one week after the establishment of White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated in the north-central portion of the missile range, approximately 60 miles north of White Sands National Park.
NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein
NUKEMAP is a website for visualizing the effects of nuclear detonations.
Hypocenter - Wikipedia
In mapping the effects of an atomic bomb, such as on the city of Hiroshima here, concentric circles are drawn centered on the point below the detonation and numbered at radial distances of 1,000 feet (305 meters). This point below the detonation is called "Ground Zero".
What happens when a nuclear bomb explodes? - Live Science
Aug 1, 2023 · The level of fallout depends on whether the bomb is detonated above the ground in an air blast, which worsens global fallout but dampens the immediate effect at ground zero, or on the...
Alamogordo: Visit the Trinity Site - U.S. National Park Service
Feb 15, 2023 · See the location of the Trinity Test, site of the first human-caused first nuclear detonation. In this area the nuclear test device, named the Gadget, was placed atop a 100-foot (30.48 m) tall steel tower that was designated Ground Zero.
Trinity Site, NM - U.S. National Park Service
Manhattan Project scientists detonated the first atomic device, known as “the Gadget,” at 5:29 am Mountain War Time at the Trinity Site in the Jornada del Muerto desert of New Mexico. For the Project Trinity test, the bomb was placed atop a 100-foot (30.48 m) tall steel tower that was designated Zero.
Basic Effects of Nuclear Weapons - Atomic Archive
In some publications, ground (or surface) zero is called the "hypocenter" of the explosion. Most damage comes from the explosive blast. The shock wave of air radiates outward, producing sudden changes in air pressure that can crush objects, and …
Trinity Site Offers a Rare Chance to Visit Ground Zero of the …
Oct 6, 2017 · During the open house, visitors can see ground zero, where the plutonium-based A-bomb was detonated more than 70 years ago as part of the Manhattan Project. The open house also includes a...
Hiroshima: Ground Zero 1945 Images| ICP - International Center …
After the United States detonated an atomic bomb at Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the U.S. government restricted the circulation of images of the bomb's deadly effect. President Truman dispatched some 1,150 military personnel and civilians, including photographers, to record the destruction as part of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey.