Alamogordo, New Mexico
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Alamogordo is a city in and the county seat of Otero County, New Mexico, United States. A city in the Tularosa Basin of the Chihuahuan Desert, it is bordered on the east by the Sacramento Mountains an
Alamogordo Tenth Street water tower long shot
Jim Griggs Sports Complex
Shops on New York Ave
Water Tower Tenth Street
Trinity (nuclear test)
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Trinity was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m. Mountain War Time on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. The test was of an implosio
Alamogordo, New Mexico
…to the west by Holloman Air Force Base. The population was 31,384 as of the 2020 census. Alamogordo is widely known for its connection with the 1945 Trinity test, which was the first-ever explosion of an atomic bomb. Humans have lived in the Alamogordo area for at least 11,000 years. The present settlement…
The only well-exposed color photograph of the Trinity test detonation, taken by Jack Aeby
Trinity Site obelisk
Trinity Site (red arrow) near Carrizozo Malpais
The Trinity test base camp