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Re:My observations during the explosion at Trinity (1945) by chiefofgxbxl on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @10:39PM (#12740582)
Due to the blast in the desert, quartz and other minerals in the sand were melted to form Trinitite, a green glass. Would be interesting to hold this piece of history in a museum (according to Wikipedia, it's safe to handle).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinitite

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Re:My observations during the explosion at Trinity (1945) by mgarfias on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @12:55AM (#12741177)
It was all bulldozed into a small "building" on the site as it was too hot to leave around.

There were lots of signs warning about it on the bunker when I visited in 2003/4.

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