On July 16, 1945, at 5:29 a.m., the world's first nuclear weapon test was conducted in New Mexico.
A photo made by a US Army automatic newsreel camera showing the test explosion of the world's first atomic bomb.
An aerial view of the aftermath of the explosion at Trinity Test Site, New Mexico, July 16, 1945.
The massive explosion of Oppenheimer's Trinity test was first explained away as an ammo dump explosion.
Asked to describe his reaction to seeing the explosion, Oppenheimer quoted a verse from the Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu devotional text.
Persons:
J, Robert Oppenheimer, Robert Oppenheimer —, Christopher Nolan's, —, Arthur Compton, Compton, Oppenheimer, Nolan, It's, Elsie McMillan, Edwin McMillan, Gadget, John Donne, Eddie Adams, Sam Allison, Marvin Wilkening, Brig, Thomas F, Farrell, William Spindel, I'm, Roger Rasmussen, Trinity
Organizations:
Manhattan Project, Service, Scientific, Manhattan, Hollywood, Atomic Heritage Foundation, Trinity, Institute for, Study, AP, US Army, Clovis, National Security Research
Locations:
New Mexico, Wall, Silicon, Socorro , New Mexico, Princeton , New Jersey, Gen