NEVADA TEST SITE
Photo Date: mid-1969
Photo Number: AEC-70-8662
Little more than a minute after a mid-1969 underground nuclear detonation, the ten-story tall 200-ton instrument tower was pulled along tracks by cables from above the detonation point. About 20 minutes later, the ground collapsed into the cavity caused by the detonation, producing a 175-foot crater.
|
NEWSLETTER
|
| Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list |
|
|
|
