SOCORRO COUNTY, N. M. – The movie “Oppenheimer” continues to have an effect on our state.
On Saturday there were massive crowds at the Trinity site for a rare open house at the site of the first atomic bomb.
People covered the road leading to one of the country’s most exclusive national parks. The early risers arrived a few hours before the doors opened at 8 a. m.
“We had heard of the site before. But after seeing Oppenheimer’s movie, we thought it would be great to come see it,” said Laurel Houston, a guest from Dallas.
This year, a long line of cars waited to see the test of the first atomic bomb after the movie “Oppenheimer,” released this summer.
“It’s unique to be in a position where the global has changed,” Houston said.
The only one opens twice a year. ‘S officials say more than 3,000 people came, some with other goals besides simply visiting theArray.
“I think we all think about the bomb and how it was created, and then what happens or doesn’t happen on the battlefield. But there are other consequences, and one of the most important is all this time in which it was produced. ” said Cynthia Wheeler of Alianza 285.
Mark Swan and his wife were driving through New Mexico from Minnesota and had to pull over.
“We were in Alamogordo all last week and other people were talking about the fact that Trinity would only be open twice a year, and we’re lucky to be here,” Swan said.
The open space also includes a trip to the McDonald’s House. The plutonium core of the world’s first atomic bomb was placed here. The test site is just a few kilometers from space.
Swan says walking down the same halls as Oppenheimer is incredible.
“It’s kind of overwhelming to think that they built up so much strength on a small ranch like this and then blew it up. But it’s scientifically too complicated to prove what they’ve done here,” Swan said.
The open space offers a window into the afterlife and life in the Manhattan Project.
Officials at the site claim that the missile’s diversity was almost used for the filming of the film.
“Chris Nolan came here and visited the site to get an idea, because he literally likes to feel those old movies when he screens them. And they even asked about the option of filming the Trinity scenes somewhere nearby,” said Drew Hamilton, public affairs specialist at White Sands Missile Range, Army Test and Evaluation Command.
A school organization came from Canada to the sites as a user after reading the Manhattan Project.
“It’s so wonderful to be here. And I, you know, to be in this little crater, knowing that this is the site where human history replaced forever, it’s a very attractive feeling,” said Dylan Schoing, a Canadian visitor.
Only innocent radioactivity remains in the place where the guy has death or destruction of worlds.
If you missed this weekend’s open house, the next chance we’ll have to come to the Trinity site will be in April 2024.
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