The Gadget
This image is of a full-size replica of the first nuclear explosive device, know to the scientists and engineers who designed and constructed it as “The Gadget”. The Gadget was vaporized when it was detonated shortly before dawn on July 16, 1945, at the Trinity site in New Mexico…and human history was changed forever.
As seen at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. This museum is a Smithsonian affiliate dedicated to documenting the history of US atomic weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site located northwest of Las Vegas.
The Gadget
This image is of a full-size replica of the first nuclear explosive device, know to the scientists and engineers who designed and constructed it as “The Gadget”. The Gadget was vaporized when it was detonated shortly before dawn on July 16, 1945, at the Trinity site in New Mexico…and human history was changed forever.
As seen at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. This museum is a Smithsonian affiliate dedicated to documenting the history of US atomic weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site located northwest of Las Vegas.