From the atomic bomb to the Very Large Array radio telescope, New Mexico has been America’s laboratory for massive-scale science projects. We spent a day in the desert discovering what it all means.Camera: Sam Thonis and Pablo KoronaEditor: Sam ThonisEditorial: Jesse HicksSome additional footage provided by the Nuclear Weapons Vault:http://archive.org/details/AtomicWeaponsTestsTrinitythroughBusterJangle
Big Science in New Mexico: Prometheus in the desert
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