Nuclear Landscapes: Site of Above-Ground Nuclear Tests
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This is the dry playa of Frenchman Lake in Yucca Flat seen from the top of "News Knob," the location of the press gallery during the above-ground testing days. Many of the scientific photographs of mushroom clouds were also taken from this point. Joshua trees once again pepper the desert floor (foreground). [Taken from the book Nuclear Landscapes, by Peter Goin.]
Photograph courtesy of Peter Goin.