Sedan (nuclear test)
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Storax Sedan was a shallow underground nuclear test conducted in Area 10 of Yucca Flat at the Nevada National Security Site on July 6, 1962, as part of Operation Plowshare, a program to investigate th
Storax Sedan explosion
The Sedan crater
Observation decks at Sedan Crater
Panorama of the Crater with Russian thistle tumbleweed accumulating at the bottom.
Salsola tragus
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Salsola tragus, often known by its synonym Kali tragus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is known by various common names such as prickly Russian thistle, windwitch, or
Sedan (nuclear test)
…Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office. The crater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 1994. Salsola tragus, also known as tumbleweed, is the primary plant species growing in the crater along with some grasses. Analysis in 1993 observed that the original…
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Salsola tragus, the Russian thistle
Leaves of a mature plant coming into flower, each leaf with one flower and two bracts in its axil
Largely ripe fruit of Salsola tragus.