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"Christopher Nolan’s 2023 film
Oppenheimer is a biopic about the theoretical
physicist behind the atomic bomb. After watching the film, I was inspired to
write about my visit to the actual Trinity Site, where the first atomic bomb
was detonated.
As part of my research on nuclear weapons and civil defence, I visited the
Trinity Site in 2015. Located in the desert in the southwest United States, the
Trinity Site is isolated, peculiar and disconcertingly mundane.
The tower that held the bomb is featured prominently in the
Oppenheimer film.
A small fragment of it exists today, as the rest of it was vaporized. It was
deeply unnerving being near the remainder of the vaporized tower."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
