https://maisonbisson.com/tags/atomic/ Recent content in atomic on MaisonBisson Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:45:06 +0000 https://maisonbisson.com/post/blast-photos/ Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:45:06 +0000 https://maisonbisson.com/post/blast-photos/ This renewed talk of building nuclear weapons here in the US reminded me of an old report of photos of the sky glow from nuclear tests done in Nevada seen over Los Angeles. https://maisonbisson.com/post/nevada-considers-atomic-testing-license-plate-again/ Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:12:06 +0000 https://maisonbisson.com/post/nevada-considers-atomic-testing-license-plate-again/ The first license plate to remember Nevada’s history as the host of the US’s nuclear testing grounds drew criticism for featuring a mushroom cloud (see the plate on the right, above). https://maisonbisson.com/post/atomic-liquors/ Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:36:40 +0000 https://maisonbisson.com/post/atomic-liquors/ I convinced Sandee to join me at Atomic Liquors on Fremont Street, just beyond the Western Hotel Casino in what the Las Vegas Sun calls the “gritty underbelly of Las Vegas. https://maisonbisson.com/post/test-site/ Sat, 01 Oct 2005 09:30:35 +0000 https://maisonbisson.com/post/test-site/ I guess not everybody in Nevada loves the Test Site as much as this postcard might suggest, but hey, what do tourists know? https://maisonbisson.com/post/atomic/ Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:04:15 +0000 https://maisonbisson.com/post/atomic/ While looking for a picture for my memorial to the bomb, I found a number of related links. https://maisonbisson.com/post/60-years-later/ Sun, 07 Aug 2005 12:00:14 +0000 https://maisonbisson.com/post/60-years-later/ In what was to be the final act of World War II in the Pacific, the United States made the first and only use of nuclear power as a weapon in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th (US dates), 1945.