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
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
Trinitite
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Trinitite, also known as atomsite or Alamogordo glass, is the glassy residue left on the desert floor after the plutonium-based Trinity nuclear bomb test on July 16, 1945, near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Trinity (nuclear test)
…2 kilotons of TNT (103.8 ± 8.4 TJ). The desert sand, largely made of silica, melted and became a mildly radioactive light green glass, which was named trinitite. The explosion created a crater approximately 4.7 feet (1.4 m) deep and 88 yards (80 m) wide. The radius of the trinitite layer was approximately 330…
Trinitite
Pieces of trinitite
A near-hollow sample of trinitite backlit to show light passing through the material
The mushroom cloud seconds after the detonation