Berlyn Brixner said he was never told the new detonation time, but seconds before the blast his camera powered up, so he knew it was time to go to work.

As the book makes clear, there is not much to see at Trinity nowadays. A few dilapidated buildings; a commemorative obelisk; ...

This color photograph of the test was taken by Jack Aeby. On July 16, 1945, at 5:30 am, the first atomic bomb in history was detonated at what is now White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The ...