Trinity Test Site, New Mexico, 2019
Introduction
We found out that the Trinity site was only open to the public twice a year, and the date was coming up. So we fired up the motorhome, and stopped off in Socorro, New Mexico, to await the opening. The test site is on a large weapon testing range (White Sands), and you have to go through serious security to drive in. No stopping along the way, just out to the test site, see the remains, and some displays, and then back out again.
It is a sobering site, but there really isn't much to see: sand, mountains, some monuments, and photos. There used to be "glass" created from the desert sand by the detonation, but that either is gone, or you are forbidden to remove it.
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![[View of 'Jumbo' Containment Vessel (built, but never used)]](http://swansongrp.com/pics/trinity/P1090583.JPG )
![[This gives you an idea of the size of the 'Jumbo' Containment Vessel (built, but never used)]](http://swansongrp.com/pics/trinity/P1090584.JPG )
![[Monument at 'Ground Zero']](http://swansongrp.com/pics/trinity/P1090587.JPG )
![[Only piece left of the tower containing the bomb [concrete footing otherwise destroyed during the detonation]]](http://swansongrp.com/pics/trinity/P1090593.JPG )
![[Monument with crowd]](http://swansongrp.com/pics/trinity/P1090594.JPG)
![[Historic photo of 'Jumbo' and its crew]](http://swansongrp.com/pics/trinity/P1090595.JPG)
![[History photo of 'Gadget' (bomb) being installed in the tower]](http://swansongrp.com/pics/trinity/P1090596.JPG)
![[Visitor gets close to mock-up of 'Fat Boy' bomb]](http://swansongrp.com/pics/trinity/P1090597.JPG)
![[Monument at 'Ground Zero']](http://swansongrp.com/pics/trinity/monument4.jpg)