Showing posts with label ground zero. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ground zero. Show all posts

Sunday, February 16, 2014

National Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas ~ 9/23/13

This museum was located back towards the hotel so from the Mob Museum, I grabbed a cab this time and arrived pronto.
It's an interesting conglomeration of bomb development and testing, life in the 1950s, and Area 51. Some exhibits were more interesting than others, but here's a smattering of the museum's contents, from the silly to the serious.
It's very striking how lightly people took the atomic bomb testings back then, even providing scenic overlooks.
And, the much more serious.
 Tests still continue but now underground ~ a little scary.
Ground Zero Theater allows visitors to experience a simulated bomb blast ~ more than a little scary.
There was a lot of scientific detail and information and, frankly, it was too much detail for me.
The last exhibit was Area 51, part factual and part fanciful, including the alien, but no photos were permitted inside.
Lastly, as always, was the gift shop, where the clerk was originally from Michigan :-)

Sunday, April 15, 2012

New York City - September 2011

In the city for a few days before heading out to Long Island for a family wedding, I found that my favorite photos were of people. 


We visited Ground Zero days before the memorial opened, walked the Hi-Line, appreciated some fine food, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.


So here are some people of New York City, residents and visitors, in no particular order. 


































More New York City photos can be found on flickr:  New York City on flickr, September 2011