Trinity Test Site, NM
Canon 5D, 15mm f/2.8. ISO 100, 1/125 @ f/5.6.
I’m preparing for a trip to Death Valley, NV next week, and coincidentally I was chatting with Eleanor Brown about the American Southwest. The conversation and the upcoming trip reminded me of my trip to New Mexico three years ago for the spring visitation day at the Trinity Test Site.
The day we were there the weather was cold, grey, and generally awful. There was no good morning light, and the site itself is pretty stark. Honestly, from a photographic perspective, the site is pretty uninspiring. Of the shots I took there this is the only one I really thought worked. That’s our Geiger Counter in the foreground, showing 0.18 mr/hr.
If you are planning a trip to New Mexico in the spring or fall it’s worth checking to see if the Trinity site opening day is around your travel dates. They open the first Saturday in April and October, so this year that should be April 3rd and October 2nd. Your best bet is to spend the night in Soccoro, NM (there’s a nice Holdiay Inn Express there) and then drive to the Stallion Range Center to arrive and get in line by about 7:30. Do not do the caravan tours from Alamagordo!
Have you ever visited Trinity, or one of the other sites that were part of the Manhattan project?
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