Trinity Site. top row, left: a replica of Fat Man, codename for the atomic bomb detonated over Nagasaki by the United States on August 9, 1945. It was an implosion-type weapon with a plutonium core, similar to The Gadget, the experimental device detonated at Trinity just 3 weeks earlier. top row, right: one of the archive photos mounted on the perimeter fence at Trinity Site shows The Gadget completely assembled atop a 100-foot steel tower. middle row, left: tower footings that remained after the atomic blast. middle row, right: in another historic photograph on the perimeter fence, a soldier examines the footings months after the test. bottom: the Atomic tourist experience
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