Nuclear explosion seen from Las Vegas

    Caption: A view of downtown Las Vegas, Nevada with mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion in the background. The nuclear explosion from a nuclear bomb was at the Nevada Test Site, 105 km from Las Vegas. Scenes like this were typical in the 1950s. In the period 1951--1962, exactly 100 announced atmospheric nuclear explosions were done at the Nevada Test Site (see Wikipedia: Nevada Test Site: 1951--1992).

    In the foreground, is the still existing Golden Nugget Las Vegas---not yet imploded---and the probably long gone Lucky Strike.

    The nuclear explosions were a tourist attraction---a preview of nuclear war.

    Credit/Permission: US Department of Energy (DOE), 1951--1962 (uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by User:Bomazi, 2012) / Public domain.
    Image link: Wikimedia Commons: File:NNSA-NSO-787.jpg.
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