The Trinity Test: The World's First Atomic Explosion
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The Triumph of the Bombing Range
In March of 1944, Groves gave approval for a full-scale test. The site they selected in September of 1944 was in the Elle Magordo bombing range in New Mexico. An entire base was built for conducting the test with an ever-growing number of people working at it through late 1944 and into 1945. There were 50 cameras set up, both still and moving pictures to capture the explosion,. One camera was capable of taking 10,000 images per second. At 5.29 AM and 21 seconds, the world's first atomic bomb was detonated.
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