The effects of the Trinity nuclear test are still felt decades after the explosion. Listen to America Dissected wherever you get your podcasts. | Crooked Media

On July 16, 1945, the scientists of the Manhattan Project conducted the Trinity Test; the first successful detonation of an atomic device. The device they detonated turned sand to glass, sent a mushroom cloud 38,000 feet into the stratosphere, and blew a 1.5-mile hole in the plains of the Alamogordo Bombing Range. Today marks the 78th anniversary of the Trinity Test. In this video–posted at the exact moment the test was initiated– filmmaker #ChristopherNolan and the cast and crew of the upcoming

Vor 75 Jahren begann mit dem "Trinity-Test" das Zeitalter der Atombombe. Die Öffentlichkeit erfuhr von den teils grausamen Versuch zunächst nichts, obwohl sie von Kameramännern dokumentiert wurden. | DER SPIEGEL