A photograph of the 16 July 1945 first atomic bomb test is displayed along a fence at Ground Zero at Trinity Site, at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico 05 July 2005. The crater which the blast created has long since been filled it, leaving only a modest stone obelisk, a few historic photos and explanatory panels, and chain-link fence to mark the spot which ushered the world into the atomic age.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army expects a significant increase in visitors to the Trinity Site open house due to the immense popularity of Universal’s “Oppenheimer.”
The Trinity Site on White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico was the location of the world’s first atomic bomb test.
The movie “Oppenheimer,” which debuted on Friday and grossed $82.4 million over the weekend, recounts the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist who led the Manhattan Project that resulted in the creation of the bomb and initiated the atomic age.
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“Due to the release of the movie ‘Oppenheimer’ in July, we anticipate a larger than usual crowd at the open house on October 21,” stated the U.S. Army on its White Sands Missile Range website.
The statement further noted, “If you are not among the first 5,000 visitors, you may not be able to enter the gate before its closure at 2 p.m.,” and warned of expected wait times of up to two hours.
Twice a year, the U.S. Army permits visitors to tour the site where the “Gadget,” a six-foot sphere containing a grapefruit-sized plutonium core, was detonated. Following the open house in October, visitors will be allowed again on April 6, 2024.
The bomb was a result of the Manhattan Project and its code name “Trinity” was chosen by Oppenheimer, who drew inspiration from British poet John Donne.
At precisely 5:29:45 a.m. on July 16, 1945, the most powerful weapon ever created at the time was unleashed. Less than a month later, the U.S. military dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, resulting in the death of over 100,000 individuals and the end of World War II.
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