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Blast from the Past: The Nevada Atomic Test Site

By junketdesignerJuly 2, 2019July 2, 2019
Atomic Needle Kit

You probably have seen film footage of this site: a brilliant white flash, a pause, and then a building explodes into a million bits. If not, see below. https://youtu.be/6mV8K9rN9Iw These tests, conducted in the Nevada desert, were considered far afield from civilization at the...

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