July 16th, 1945, the first nuclear bomb test, named Trinity, took place in the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico. At 5:29AM, the device went off. It left a crater of radioactive glass 10 feet deep and 1100 feet wide. The shockwave was felt over 100 miles away, and the mushroom cloud reached over 7.5 miles high.
The sight was described as "The
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