Friday, July 15, 2005
Xeni headed to Simnuke
I'm on the road, headed to a (double super secret) remote site in the Nevada Desert for Simnuke -- a sci-tech-art-protest event commemorating 60 years of the atomic age. On July 16, 1945, the first nuclear bomb was detonated, marking the successful culmination of the Manhattan project. At dawn tomorrow, about 100 people will witness an explosion crafted to resemble a nuke mushroom cloud (but comprised of biodiesel, and of course many times less powerful/destructive). Details here, read more about Trinity and Manhattan project. Flickr pool for live pics here. Daniel Terdiman's Wired piece is here. I'll be filing a report about the event for NPR "Day to Day", and will post blog updates here at BoingBoing as connectivity permits. See you!
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