Nuclear Explosion Simulation, New Mexico

Photograph by Lynn Johnson , National Geographic

Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory study nuclear explosions by using 3-D simulations. They follow a long tradition of nuclear research that led to the creation of the atomic and hydrogen bombs.

(From the National Geographic book Visions of Earth)

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