Sheltering Trinity history

Sheltering Trinity history
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This shelter preserves an area of ground at Trinity Site that still has a layer of Trinitite, a glassy residue left over from the nuclear test in 1945. Visitors still scour the ground looking for bits of Trinitite, but it is illegal to remove samples from the site.

April 9, 2012 12:14 PM PDT

Photo by: Amanda Kooser/CNET

| Caption by: Amanda Kooser

 

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