Las Cruces

We met the caravan at Tularosa High School in Tularosa, New Mexico at 6:30 AM and drove escorted through the White Sands Missle Testing Range to Trinity Site where the first atomic bomb was tested at 5:29:45 AM on July 16, 1945.

Security was very tight because we were actually driving on an active testing range. The army has an Open House twice a year to view ground zero, where the actual detonation of the bomb took place.

A lava stone obelisk was erected to mark the spot.Leer más